Leonard Schreiber (violin, Belgium) graduated from the Royal College of Music (UK).
Leonard Schreiber tours in Europe, several times performed in Russia and in the countries of South America. His concerts are held in the most prestigious concert halls. He conducts active concert activities as a soloist, but at the same time he finds time for performances in chamber programs.
The musician has performed for the heads of state in various countries of the world, including in front of Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.
Leonard Schreiber plays the violin of the Italian master Alessandro Mezzadri from Ferrara.
Dmitrii Illarionov (guitar) graduated from the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music, finished postgraduate study in the class of the legendary guitarist, Pr. Alexander Frauchi and postgraduate study at Karlsruhe's University of Music (Germany). Currently, Dimitrii is an associate professor at the Gnesins RAM.
Dmitrii Illarionov has won many competitions. Yet, among the most prestigious ones are GFA (USA, 2002), XXV Andres Segovia International Guitar Competition (Spain, 2009) and Francisco Tarrega International Guitar competition (Spain, 2008) where he became the first winner from Russia for 42 years of existence of the competition.
The musician is a participant of the leading Russian festivals such as "Crescendo", "Return", "Generation of Stars", "Musical Expedition" and "Vivarte."
Dmitri Illarionov’s performances are held in Russia and abroad (in Europe, Asia, America), on the stages of the most prestigious halls of the world. The musician collaborates with world leading orchestras and conductors.
Guitarist's partners in chamber music are cellist Boris Andrianov, flutist Patrick Galois, violinists Andrei Baranov, Leonard Schreiber, Sergei Dogadin, Jeanine Jansen and many others.
Dimitri Illarionov is pleased to participate not only in academic, but also in jazz projects. Another aspect of the guitarist's creativity is the constant search for new formats of academic concerts combined with video art, poetry and theater.
A-Jazz ensemble exists since 2004. The director and the author of arrangements is the pianist Anatolii Palaev.
The members of the ensemble are professional musicians. They work both with their own projects and with various musical groups in the City of Petrozavodsk.
In addition to jazz, including own compositions and well-known jazz standards in the original arrangement, the group plays music of various genres and directions. Among them is the program of French music, an evening of tango, a concert of songs from 1970-1980s in original arrangements of the ensemble.
Musicians often accompany various soloists, including foreign ones. Their projects include joint concerts with foreign jazz performers such as Olga Lukacheva (Ukraine), American vocalists Tocora Rogers, Mandy Gaines, Dennis Rowland, Carmen Bradford, Pauletta McWilliams and others.
The ensemble closely cooperates with the Karelian State Philharmonic. Artists can be seen and heard in children and adult subscription programs, programs of the International Festival of Chamber Art "Autumn Lyre", the International Art Festival "Onego-Classic" and other projects of the philharmonic.