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Evgeny Gurev was born in 1983 in the Belgorod region. Primary education in Kharkov Central Special Music School in the
class teacher Fist Nicholas Alexandrovich. In 2000 he enrolled at GMU. Gnesinyh the class teacher, honored art worker
of Russian Federation, Professor Dokshitser Vladimir Aleksandrovich. In the same year won first prize at the International
Festival-Contest pipe name Timothy Dokshitser. In 2002, he has been in the orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia,
where since 2006 he is a soloist.
After graduation he entered the RAM Gnesin in class Honored Artist of Russia, Professor Vyacheslav Prokopova. In 2005,
Sasha Eugene won the first prize of 1st International Competition musicians, performers on wind instruments Rimsky
- Korsakov (St. Petersburg). In 2009, won the first prize of 1-st International Competition for musicians performers on
brass instruments named Timothy Dokshitser (Moscow). From 2009 till now teaches at the PAM Gnesin. Guriev, Evgeny
participated in concerts in the festival “Days of Russian Culture” in Vietnam and Armenia, as well as Italy. In May 2010,
in Armenia were successful recitals and master classes.
September 23, 2010 Eugene was invited to participate in the concert dedicated to 90-th anniversary of the eminent
composer Alexander Harutyunyan, held in the Great Hall of the Yerevan Philharmonic. Evgeny Gurev - organizer of the
brass quintet named Timothy Dokshitser Bolshoi Theatre of Russia. To date, Brass Quintet - an active participant in
numerous concerts and festivals. Currently performs solo concerts and master classes in cities Russia, as well as in
cities near and far abroad.
JoUkoHARJANNE
Jouko Harjanne studied the trumpet with Raimo Sarmas at the Tampere Conservatoire and continued
after graduating with Henri Adelbrecht and Timofei Dokshitser. Between 1978 and 1984, Harjanne
was alternate lead trumpeter with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra; since 1984 he has been a
solo trumpeter with the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Helsinki. Harjanne has played chamber music
in many brass and chamber ensembles, including the Finnish Brass Ensemble, the Brasstime Quartet
and the Protoventus Ensemble.
Jouko Harjanne’s international career has been enhanced by many competition successes, the most
important being second place in the Prague Spring Trumpet Series in 1987, and first place in the
Ellsworth Smith Trumpet Competition in 1990. In l989 he was presented with the Brass Player of the Year award at the Lieksa Brass Week, Finland’s most
important brass event. Harjanne is now the artistic director of the festival. In 1997 Jouko was nominated as an honorary member of the Finnish Trumpet
Guild. Harjanne’s solo performances abroad have extended as far as Russia, Japan, Republic of Korea and the USA, as well as Scandinavia and other parts
of Europe. He has been a jury member of the numerous international trumpet competitions for example ARD-Munich, Maurice Andre Trumpet Competition,
Budapest International Trumpet Competition, Porcia, Prague Spring and naturally Lieksa Brass Week competitions.
Harjanne’s career received an additional boost by his performing and recording in England with soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in December l994, and by his
performance, to great success, of Rodion Schedrin’s new trumpet concertos European premiere in Moscow in autumn 1995. The professional music press
has ranked Harjanne among the elite class of international soloists. In addition to recording the standard repertoire, Harjanne has gained a reputation for
the recording of what are considered the trumpet’s most difficult works (e.g. the Zimmermann, Gruner, Nagao, Schedrin and Jolivet concertos).
JASoNHARRELSoN
Jason Harrelson was raised on the road along with his sister, Jennifer, by his truck driving parents traveling the continental United States. Jason decided
to pursue a career as an inventor and entrepreneur at age ten. His first venture, JR‘s Snackbar, was co-founded with his best friend Rick Nedens, which
served snacks and drinks to local trailer park kids earning each of them their very first paycheck of $5.40 each in the first week. Jason‘s other ventures
included a lawn care business at age 11, a recycling business at 15, an auto mechanics/restoration business at 17, Harrelson Woodworking at 19 and
Harrelson Trumpets founded at 20.
Jason began playing trumpet in 5th grade and practiced the very first day only to be electrocuted half-way through
the first practice session while plugging a light into a faulty wall socket. He didn‘t practice again until 11th grade and
proceeded to sit last chair in all band concerts. He was awakened to the love of music by his band director, Gary Tangen
who challenged him to pursue perfection in music. Locking himself in his room for 4 hours of diligent practice daily at
age 16, he placed first chair in the high school band the following week. While attending St Olaf College pursuing Math
and Performance degrees, Jason discovered the laws of physics governing trumpet acoustics and set out on a mission
to improve the efficiency of trumpet design. Since then, he has gained international acclaim and criticism for his his
efficiency modern trumpet designs. Jason Harrelson has long been a sideman and lead player in small jazz combos, big bands,
musicals, quintets and orchestras. He made is NYC Broadway debut at the Barrymore Theater in November of 2008 while touring with
Duran Duran. His current projects include a jazz quartet performing standards by Chet Baker, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and his
own works on trumpet, piano and vocals. Jason Harrelson is currently booking educational performances/clinics throughout the US.
Jason Harrelson currently performs regularly on an eclectic array of trumpets he has designed and built himself including; Medusa, the
world‘s only two-belled trumpet of its kind; Gravity, a 6-pound powerhouse exhibiting the highest efficiency of any trumpet in the world;
the world‘s first 4-valve Bb with a range of low c; and his latest design that incorporates a Korg Kaossilator and built-in microphones
for live sampling, beat boxing and improvising as a one-man band with vocals.