Mikhail Alperin
Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin, usually credited as Misha Alperin, was a Soviet-Norwegian jazz pianist, known as a key member of the Moscow Art Trio.
Biography
Alperin was born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukrainian SSR to a Jewish family. He was educated in Khmelnytskyi, Bălți and Chișinău. In 1980, he formed one of the first jazz ensembles in Moldavian SSR. He moved to Moscow in the 1980s and founded the Moscow Art Trio with Arkady Shilkloper and folk singer Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin. He has also worked with Huun Huur Tu. From 1993 to 2018 he lived in Oslo, Norway; he was professor of music at the Norwegian Academy of Music and he supervised pianist Helge Lien and Morten Qvenild among others. He released several works on ECM Records. Alperin died on 11 May 2018 at the age of 61.Discography
An asterisk indicates that the year is that of release.| Year recorded | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
| 1989 | Wave of Sorrow | ECM | Duo, co-led with Arkady Shilkloper |
| 1992 | Folk Dreams | Jaro Medien | |
| 1993 | The Blue Fjords | RDM | Solo piano; reissued as Blue Fjord by Jaro Medien |
| 1996* | Hamburg Concert | Jaro Medien Moscow Art Trio | |
| 1996* | Prayer | Jaro Medien Moscow Art Trio | |
| 1997 | First Impression | ECM | With John Surman, Arkady Shilkloper, Terje Gewelt, Jon Christensen, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen |
| 1998 | North Story | ECM | Quintet, with Arkady Shilkloper, Tore Brunborg, Terje Gewelt, Jon Christensen |
| 1998 | At Home | ECM | Solo piano |
| 1998 | Night | ECM | Trio, with Anja Lechner, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen ; in concert |
| 2000* | Overture/Etude | Boheme | |
| 2000* | Piano | Boheme | In concert |
| 2000* | Portrait | Jaro Medien | |
| 2006 | Her First Dance | ECM | Trio, with Arkady Shilkloper, Anja Lechner |
2008 — Moscow Art Trio & Norwegian Chamber Orchestra «Village Variations» Germany
2009 — Moscow Art Trio «Live in Holland» Russia; Germany
2010 — The Bulgarian Voices Angelite with Huun-Huur-Tu & Moscow Art Trio «Legend» Germany