Sergey Letov

Sergey Letov
Letov in December 2012
Letov in December 2012
Background information
Born (1956-09-24) September 24, 1956 (age 70)
OriginSemey, Kazakh SSR
GenresFree jazz, experimental rock, free improvisation, ethnic music, avant-garde, jazz fusion
Instrumentssaxophone, bass clarinet, flute
LabelPentagram
WebsiteHomepage on Sergey Letov

Sergey Fyodorovich Letov (Russian: Серге́й Фё́дорович Ле́тов, born September 24, 1956), is a Russian musician and composer, known for his improvisational style. He is the founder of the recording label Pentagram. He has collaborated with numerous jazz, avant-garde, modern classical, rock and electronic music artists, including his younger brother Yegor Letov, composer Sergey Kuryokhin, and cult Soviet art punk band DK. Letov has written music for movies and plays, collaborating with Russian, Italian and Austrian theatres, the German non-profit cultural association Goethe-Institut, and the Moscow Institute of Journalism and Literature.

Sergey Letov's full musical biography titled “World Greatest Musicians. Sergey Letov” ("Величайшие Музыканты Мира. Сергей Летов") was published in 2004 by a French jazz researcher Marc Sarrazi both in Russian and in French.

Discography

The following is a partial list of albums featuring Sergey Letov

References

  1. ↑ Sarrazy, Marc (January 1, 2004). ""Величайшие Музыканты Мира. Сергей Летов. Часть 1" ("World Greatest Musicians. Sergey Letov. Part 1")". Radio Speciale. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  2. ↑ Sarrazy, Marc (January 1, 2004). ""Величайшие Музыканты Мира. Сергей Летов. Часть 2" ("World Greatest Musicians. Sergey Letov. Part 2")". Radio Speciale. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ Sarrazi, Marc (June 25, 2016). ""Sergey Letov"". Radio Speciale. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Sergey Letov, Russian jazz, rock and free improv musician, web publisher". www.letov.ru.
  5. ↑ Vladimir Goloukhov's official site

Further reading