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Igor Mihaylovich Butman
Игорь Бутман
Birth at
27 October 1961
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Butman, Igor Mikhailovich, jazzman, Russian saxophonist, art director of the jazz club "Le club", was born on October 27, 1961 in Leningrad. He studied at the music school, and then at the music school at the faculty of “pop art”. The fascination with the saxophone led to an acquaintance with Nathan Leites and Nathan Kopp, and the subsequent work with them in the jazz club "Square".
Then the young musician heard jazzman David Goloshchekin and invited Igor Butman to work. In 1980, Igor Butman worked
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Butman, Igor Mikhailovich, jazzman, Russian saxophonist, art director of the jazz club "Le club", was born on October 27, 1961 in Leningrad.
He studied at the music school, and then at the music school at the faculty of “pop art”. The fascination with the saxophone led to an acquaintance with
Then the young musician heard jazzman David Goloshchekin and invited Igor Butman to work. In 1980, Igor Butman worked with "Aquarium collectively
. When Butman moved to Moscow, he began to work with the orchestra of Oleg Lundsrem, then followed by work in the orchestra of Nikolai Levinsky. In 1987, the musician emigrated to the United States. In Boston, he graduated from music college in two related specialties: composer and concert saxophonist. Moving to New York (in 1991) marks the musician’s work in Russian restaurants. In 1996 he returned to Russia and returned to cooperation with the orchestra. In 1999 he created his own big band. Musicians play in jazz clubs, compose songs. In 2002 singer Larisa Dolina and jazzman Igor Butman, gave a solo concert in New York dedicated to the “Carnival of Jazz”. In the same year in the concert hall "Russia" gala concert "Triumph Jazz" with the participation of the master Igor Butman with his big band and world jazz stars - Kevin Mahogani, Billy Cobham, Randy Brecker, Toots Thielemans, Alvin Jones and many others.
In 2009, the big band released the Butman Music label, with a presentation in the Moscow House of Music.
Igor Butman took part in the show of the First channel “Stars on ice” with figure skater Maria Petrova, in the same year participated in the project “Ice Age” with Albena Denkova. /