Vyacheslav Ganelin

Soviet-Lithuanian and Israeli improviser, pianist, composer

Born: 17 December 1944
Kraskovo
Country: Russia
Active: 1961–
Record labels: Leo Records, Melodiya

Biography

Vyacheslav Ganelin is a jazz musician who plays piano. Vyacheslav Ganelin was born on 17 December 1944 in Kraskovo. The music is usually filed under jazz, opera and contemporary classical music. Record labels: Leo Records and Melodiya. Honours include Order of Vytautas the Great.

Vyacheslav (Slava) Ganelin (Hebrew: ויאצ'סלב (סלבה) גנלין, Lithuanian: Viačeslavas Ganelinas, Russian: Вячеслав Шевелевич Гане́лин; born 17 December 1944) is a Lithuanian–Israeli jazz pianist, composer, and pedagogue. Primarily a pianist, he also plays other keyboards (organ and synthesizer) as well as bass, guitar, and percussions. He was the leader of the Ganelin Trio, described by critic Chris Kelsey as "arguably the world's greatest free jazz ensemble" of the 1970s and '80s. He was a founder of Lithuanian jazz (Soviet jazz, when Lithuania was controlled by the Soviet Union).

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