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Sasha Burdin is a pianist, composer, bandleader, and music educator. His latest CD Ich denke dein features rarely played songs and chamber works by Nikolai Medtner, including two works in vocalise genre Sonata-Vocalise op. 41 I and Suite-Vocalise Op.41 II. In 2014 as a member of Ephawk Quartet he performed Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps. The concert tour in western Iowa has gained a considerable resonance, the performance was regarded in media as “miraculous.” The same year Burdin accepted fellowship at Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, MA. In 2015 Sasha and his colleagues Thiago Ancelmo, clarinet, and Andrew Uhe, violin have formed Nashat Trio. They performed works By Bartok, Milhaud, Khachaturian and Schostakovich, and appeared as featured ensemble at Laredo Music Festival 2016. In 2015 -2016 season Sasha Burdin participated in Johnson County Landmark jazz band as a principal pianist, performing with guest artists - Carmen Bradford (former singer at Count Basie’s Jazz Band) and Melvin Butler (Brian Blade Fellowship Band). In 2016 Sasha Burdin has founded The Sasha Burdin Quartet, performing original compositions and pieces from standard jazz repertoire. In 2016 he started a collaboration with Rachel Joselson, soprano, and Scott Conklin, violin on Medtner's music. The collaboration soon resulted in a series of concerts, and CD Ich denke dein: Songs and Chamber Works of Nikolai Medtner.