Yuri Goloubev
Yuri Goloubev is a jazz musician, composer and double bass player. He switched to jazz in 2004 after over a dozen years as a bass player in classical orchestras, and has achieved success in jazz also as a performer with "perfect pitch, flawless execution and an improviser's imagination". He is also praised for his arco playing. Ian Patterson, writing in All About Jazz wrote "There are few better exponents of arco, and his tone has the warm resonance of a cello."
Classical career
Yuri Goloubev won the First Prize in the All-Soviet-Union Students' Competition in 1990, then started work as the Principal Bass with the Moscow-based "Ensemble XXI" Chamber Orchestra. From 1991 until 1992 he also worked as a section bass with the Bolshoi Theatre. He studied classical composition at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and 1995 he received his master's degree in double bass as a soloist and chamber music performer. From 1992 til 2004 he was the Principal Bass with the Moscow Soloists directed by Yuri Bashmet. It was during this time that he performed with many artists such as Mario Brunello, Sarah Chang, James Galway, Lynn Harrell, Barbara Hendricks, Kim Kashkashian, Gidon Kremer, Shlomo Mintz, Thomas Quasthoff, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Spivakov, Uto Ughi and Maxim Vengerov. He has performed at venues such as Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, Musikverein, Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall, Gewandhaus, Concertgebouw, Salle Pleyel, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Palais des Beaux Arts, Accademia di Santa Cecilia and Megaro. He has also appeared at major festivals such as the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Hong Kong Festival of the Arts, Bath Music Festival, Perth Festival, Casals Festival, Prestige de la Musique and Omaggio a Roma.
Jazz career
In December 2004 Goloubev moved to Milan, dedicated himself solely to jazz and quickly gained the attention of many Italian musicians. He worked with such artists as Francesco Bearzatti, Fabrizio Bosso, Antonio Faraò, Giovanni Falzone, Claudio Fasoli, Paolo Fresu, Rosario Giuliani, Guido Manusardi, Massimo Manzi, Enrico Pieranunzi and Glauco Venier. He also worked with Bob James, Pablo Held, Till Brönner, Asaf Sirkis, Harvey Mason, Franco Ambrosetti, Kenny Werner, Klaus Gesing, John Law, Benjamin Henocq, Stan Sulzmann, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Julian Argüelles, Tim Garland, Rick Margitza, Manhu Roche, Gwilym Simcock, Chico Freeman, Jason Rebello, Daniele Di Bonaventura, Chihiro Yamanaka, Bill Smith and Billy Kilson. In 2007–2009 he taught at the jazz faculty of CPM Music Institute in Milan and in 2010 became the Jazz Double Bass Professor at The Conservatorio di Musica F.A. Bonporti, Trento. Currently, he teaches at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, Wales, as well as at the Siena Jazz University - Accademia Nazionale del Jazz, Siena.
Goloubev is also a composer and has released several albums as leader. His album Two Chevrons Apart received a 4-star review in DownBeat.
He has performed on over 100 recordings and two of his trio albums have been selected as Critics Choice Top 10 Jazz Albums in Japan: Roberto Olzer Trio - Steppin' Out, #1 Best Jazz Album, 2013, Michele di Toro Trio - Play, #8 Best Jazz Album, 2014. Various albums with his participation have been featured in the inflight entertainment programs of such airlines as Air France, Lufthansa, British Airways, Swiss, Emirates.
He has received widespread acclaim for his partnership with the pianist Gwilym Simcock in two recordings released on ACT Music in 2014. Their album "Duo Art: Reverie at Schloss Elmau" received a number of 4 star reviews. The critic Dave Gelly wrote in The Observer "In Russian bassist Yuri Goloubev, Gwilym Simcock has obviously found a collaborator with the same expansive imagination and equal virtuosity. The interplay between the two is like musical telepathy." In JazzTimes H. Allen Williams wrote, "Goloubev's playing is a sound of beauty with impeccable technique and heartfelt feel."
Awards
Discography
As leader / co-leader
Two Chevrons Apart - Yuri Goloubev Duonomics - Michele Di Toro/Yuri Goloubev Reverie at Schloss Elmau — Gwilym Simcock/Yuri Goloubev Creating Magic — various artists Standpoint — Just Music Trio Titanic for a Bike — Yuri Goloubev Metafore Semplici — Yuri Goloubev SGS Group, Inc, Presents — Gwilym Simcock, Yuri Goloubev, Asaf Sirkis Mulini a Vento — Bottos/Goloubev/Colussi Hommage à Duke — Glauco Venier, Yuri Goloubev, Asaf Sirkis Private Tales — Mario Zara, Yuri Goloubev, Marco Zanoli Intermezzo — Glauco Venier Tandem — Guido Manusardi, Yuri Goloubev The Bridge — Yuri Goloubev/Andrey Kondakov Toremar Island — Rendering — Igor Bril/Yuri Goloubev
As sideman
Vienna Chamber Diaries - Johannes Berauer with Klaus Gesing, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Gwilym Simcock and others Notturno - Roberto Olzer Trio with Strings On Vacation - Till Bronner / Bob James Re:Focus - Tim Garland Weather Walker - Tim Garland Celeste - Roberto Olzer Trio The Moon and The Bonfires - Roberto Olzer Trio A Journey - Maciek Pysz, Daniele de Bonaventura, Yuri Goloubev & Asaf Sirkis Magna Carta Suite - Alex Hutton, Liz Palmer, Liesbeth Allart, Neil Sparkes, Yuri Goloubev, Asaf Sirkis Spring Thing Marco Cortesi, Gianluca Di lenno, Yuri Goloubev, Asaf Sirkis Fade Out Mario Zara, Yuri Goloubev, Michele Salgarello Elisa Nel Paese delle Meraviglie -Elisa Marangon, Mauro Negri, Roberto Olzer, Yuri Goloubev Glitterwoods -Fabienne Ambuehl, Yuri Goloubev, Asaf Sirkis Dafne - The Rest of Me - Dafne Franzoni, Paolo Filippi, Diego Zanoli, Antonio Leofreddi, Paolo Legramandi, Cisco Portone, Sergi Pescara, Massimo Moriconi, Yuri Goloubev Still Chime - Marcella Carboni, Francesca Corrias, Max De Aloe, Yuri Goloubev, Francesco S'Auria These Skies In Which We Rust -John Law, Josh Arcoleo, Yuri Goloubev, Laurie Lowe, Holly Law Yumi Ito Quartet - Yumi Ito, Gabriel Dalvit, Yves Theiler, Yuri Goloubev Play — Michele di Toro, Yuri Goloubev, Marco Zanoli PrimaVera — Silvia Infascelli, feat. Silvia Infascelli, Frank Harrison, Yuri Goloubev, Asaf Sirkis Final Step — Matteo Finali feat. Matteo Finali, Max Pizio, Alessandro Ponti, Yuri Goloubev, Dario Milan, Silvano De Tomaso Instrumation — Gwilym Simcock Creating Magic — various artists Perfect Equipoise — Davide Recchia Insight — Maciek Pysz Trio Nadir – Daniele Di Bonaventura What's New Over the Rainbow – Lalo Conversano & Danilo Moccia "Brass Joy" Otto – Francesco Grillo Steppin' Out – Roberto Olzer Trio Three Leaps of the Gazelle – John Law, While We're Young – Gianna Montecalvo Some Tales – Dafne Legentis – Alex Hutton Balkan Bop – Markelian Kapidani Say It With Style – Gwilym Simcock Throw Me The Groove – Gwilym Simcock Res Nova – Mattia Cigalini Notturni – Carlo Magni You and the Night and the Music – Guido Manusardi Bossa & Friends – Alvaro Belloni Reflections – Claudio Fasoli Emerald Quartet Exit For Three – Dario Carnovale Natura Morta con Flauto – Beppe Aliprandi Quartet Some Portraits – Carlo Morena Trio Brass Joy – Lalo Conversano/Danilo Moccia La Strada della Luna – Marco Fusi Blues Vignette – Gwilym Simcock Conduction 3 – Carlo Alberto Canevali Stan-darts – ENS Live The Night of the Storytellers – Enzo Favata Venice Inside – Claudio Fasoli Emerald Quartet From The Sky – Michele Di Toro The Sand – Guido Manusardi Decantando – Federica Santi FPQ – Francesco Pinetti Glauco Venier suona Frank Zappa – Feat. Klaus Gesing Pollocksuite – Ferdinando Faraò A French Man in New York – Kekko Fornarelli Il Gioco Delle Forme – Massimo Colombo Promenade – Claudio Fasoli Emerald Quartet Way Out – Europe Connection Il Passo Del Gatto – Michele Di Toro Trio No More No Less – Guido Manusardi Unquiet Serenade – Nicita/Di Rosa Heartluggage – Klaus Gesing Леденец для дурочки – Aleksandr Laerstky Colours – Lorenzo Erra Голоса родных – Alexander Laerstky Sergei Prokofiev – Quintet – Russian String Quartet New Romantic Jazz – Vyacheslav Gorsky Brahms/Shostakovich – Moscow Soloists Haydn – Cello Concertos – Moscow Soloists An Introduction to Faradj Karajev – Studio for New Music Ensemble Canti – Partick De Clerck An Introduction to Alexander Wustin – Studio for New Music Ensemble Schnittke/Berg – feat. Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Mstislav Rostropovich, Moscow Soloists Taneev/Glinka – Moscow Conservatory Quintet Tchaikovsky/Bartok – Ensemble XXI Mozart/Dvoràk – Ensemble XXI