Andrei Krylov
Musical artist
Andrei Krylov (born 3 March 1961) is a Russian 7- and 6- string guitarist, composer and poet. He studied classical guitar, arrangement and composition in St. Petersburg, Russia and is now living in Canada. In the 1980s and 1990s he worked as a guitarist for the Russian State concert company Lenconcert and the Old Petersburg music theater. He has given recitals in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, USA and Canada. Krylov has recorded and performed for Russian, US and Canadian radio and television. He has composed original new flamenco and New Age music for films in Russia and the USA. His music has been featured in Time magazinehttp://www. time. com/time/photoessays/2006/portraits_of_russia/. The National Gallery of Canada has placed six films with Andrei' music (and some about such famous artists as Toller Cranston, Mario Cabrera, Lena Bartula, living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico) in its Media Library. Also he composed and recorded guitar music for films in Europe, New Zealand, Australia and USA including music to film about Esteban Vicente for museums of his Art in New York and Madrid and film Katya by Mako Kamitsuna http://www. imdb. com/title/tt1787736/ featuring Russian movie star Chulpan Khamatova. Andrei's classical/romantic guitar music was #1 in 2005 at Download. com website music charts (among 300 000 bands and soloists including pop music stars) [3 3]Download. com website http://music. download. com/3605-10685_32-0. html?tag=MDL_sort&orderby=-totalLeadCount&. Krylov has written several books of poems: Mirrors, Game of Life, Lake Monastery, Autumn, and has made a transcription of the Book of Psalms in Russian.