I AM MUSICIAN!                                                                                                                                                                 Denis Kovtun’s central focus is freely improvised Jazz music. He performs regularly with a variety of stable and more ad hoc groupings in St. Petersburg and elsewhere in Russia, as well as playing a major role in the administration of Jazz Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg's free improvisation and experimental music temple.

Education:
Graduated on the St. Petersburg Mussorgsky Music College, the Department of Jazz Guitar.
Prof  Gasan Bagirov and Prof. Sergey Dykman

Master classes by Aleksandr Starostenko

Instruments:
Electric Guitar
Classic Guitar
Honors:
Top Award (Laureate) as Solo Guitarist in the All-Russian Jazz competition "Territory of Jazz", Moscow, 2009.

Workshops:
Lecturer guitar music (1999 – 2004)

Festivals:
All-Russian Jazz festival “Territory of Jazz”, Moscow, Russia 2009
Autumn Ritm Festival, St.Peterburg jazz philarmonic hall 2000

Preformances:
Sympho-Jazz Orchestra, Seoul,Daejeon, South Korea, Electro-Guitarist
                         Sympho-jazz,classical , music

The Royal Caribbean International, Show Band Guitarist
                      Production show,big-band

The Viking line (Russian cruises), Russia, Electric Guitarist in the Pop-Band.
                      Folk,jazz and dance music

Jazz Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg. Performing since .. with various artists and bands
                 mainstreame of jazz

Krasnodar Kraj Art Hall, Krasnodar, Russia performance my solo programm in various art halls
Rodina***** Hotel&spa,Sochi,Russia

 

 
Jazz Club ‘Quadrat’, St.Petersburg
                quartet,trio -mainstream of guitar jazz
Jazz cafe ‘De Spieghel’ Groningen,
                      
A range of quality clubs like : jazz club”48 chairs” ,art cafe “rhubai”,restaurant”chaika”,etceteras.....

Activities:
Main performer of and co-organiser behind the Jazz Philarmonic Hall, St.Petersburg
D-Jazz Band, St. Petersburg, leader

Character of music:
I have a solo programm includes classical,jazz standarts and popular songs

Recordings:
“standarts and classic”-2010 «cube” studio
  “jazz boat quadrat 2010”-Ivan vysokyh studio
“five fingers”-2011 to4no group-alhemia records(as a session musician)
“teplo”-2009 teplo group-melodia  records(as a session musician)
Collaboratories
-  jerry kim(guitar),Sergey beresovoy(bass),Meryem beloserskaya(vocal),Maxim ershov(bass,piano),Andrey blincevsky(alto saxofone),Evgeny sokolov(trumpet),Michael edelstein(guitar),Julia chydjakova(vocal),Igor shilov(trumpet),
Press notices:
…. Jazz guitarist Denis Kovtun opened the unique art and music project of the Krasnodar Art Museum, Krasnodar, against the work of Zurab Tsereteli. Kovtun is well-known for his performances in the jazz club "Square" and other prestigious music venues in St. Petersburg... -Kuban News-
….The this years winner of the All-Russian contest "territory of jaz”. was well-deserved Dennis Kovtun, guitarist from St. Petersburg, catching the attention of the enthausiast public and respected by the jury with an unique, program ‘Ideas’, very innovative, beautifully combining elements of jazz and classical gitar…. - Alexei Kuznetsov, master of jazz guitar -                                        Youth in Moscow-