Evgeny Lebedev

Billboard award winner and laureate of several jazz contests, Evgeny Lebedev quickly established himself as one of the most promising young pianists in today’s jazz scene. For such a small career Evgeny already performed and recorded with luminaries like Jack De Johnette, Marcus Miller, Terri Lyne Carrington, David Sanchez, David Fiuczynski and participated in prestigious festivals, including North Sea Jazz Festival, Lionel Hamplton Jazz Festival, Tanglewood Jazz Festival and more. Evgeny appears on more than 10 CD’s and released two albums under his own name, that were highly marked by critics in Japan, USA and Russia.
Evgeny Lebedev was born in 1984 in Moscow. Growing up in Russia, Evgeny’s musical background consisted of Russian Folk music, which was often played in his household. Inspired by his family, Evgeny took up the accordion at age of 8. Since than, he was performing folk music in various prestigious music festivals and won several accordion contests. At the age of 15, driving under the influence of jazz music, Evgeny began studying piano and immediately fell in love with it. Between 1999 and 2001 he attended the Moscow College of Arts where he studied under Evgeny Grechischev. In 2002, Evgeny entered Gnessins' Russian Academy of Music where he studied under internationally acclaimed professor/performer Igor Brill. Evgeny has taken part in the following jazz festivals: Jazz at the Hermitage Garden (Moscow 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007); Eurasia (Orenburg, Russia, 2001 and 2002); International Jazz Festival in Minsk, Belarus (2002); VI International Moscow Jazz Festival in memory of Willis Connover (2001); Russian Night in Davos (Switzerland 2005); Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (USA 2005); North Sea Jazz Festival (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Usadba Jazz Festival (Moscow,Russia); Tanglewood Jazz Festival (USA 2009),performed in Germany, England, Switzerland, Netherlands. Evgeny received awards at the Moscow Jazz Festival of Young Performers in 1999 and 2001. He holds a diploma from the New Names Charity Foundation. In 2004, he entered Berklee College of Music on scholarship, where he studied with Hal Crook, Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano, JoAnne Brackeen. Evgeny is the second prize winner and silver medal holder of the 1st Moscow International Competition of Jazz Performers (piano).



“Evgeny Lebedev’s World Trio” is a collaboration of three musicians from different corners of the world, with absolutely different cultural and musical backgrounds.
Every participant absorbed musical traditions of his own culture and added them to the sound of the band, using jazz idioms, while not regarding themselves as a straight-ahead jazz ensemble. The band’s repertoire is based on the music composed by pianist Evgeny Lebedev, whose musical background consists of European classical traditions, middle-eastern folk music and Jazz. Evgeny has performed and recorded with artists Marcus Miller, David Sanchez, Jack DeJohnette, Terri Lyne Carrington, Dave Fiuczynski, Joe Lovano and others.
The World Trio plays jazz within a folk-oriented frame while relying heavily on the freedom of improvisation. Raised in different countries, the band members have been influenced by a variety of lifestyles, cultures, and musical genres. With a bass player from Israel, the Drummer from the U.S. and a Russian pianist, the group celebrates the distinctions which create their unique and innovative sound.
Touted by critics and audience alike at their official debut at the 2009 Tanglewood Jazz Festival, band members have been touring extensively on the international scene, collaborating with prominent jazz and world music figures to rave reviews in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, DownBeat Magazine and All About Jazz.
Evgeny Lebedev-piano, Lee Fish-drums, Haggai Cohen Milo-bass