Born in 1975

A virtuoso vibraphone player. Andriy has a brilliant academic education, he was a graduate of Kyiv Conservatory. He was a soloist of several symphonic and chamber orchestras and a soloist of a world-famous youth orchestra “The Kremerata”, directed by a well-known violinist and conductor Gedeon Kremer. Since 1997 Andriy has been interested in jazz. He performs jazz standards wonderfully and creates own jazz versions of famous academic pieces. Andrey was a leder of the “Vibe trio”, which consists of Oleksandr Konyushenko and Maksim Glyaudetskiy (bass-guitars), and also Oleksandr Murenko (drums, 2001). In a Kiev club “Dynamo Lux” it performed several fulfilled programmes. Pushkaryov collaborates with Timur Polyanskiy and takes part in recording of a new album of Kiev group the “Er. J. Orchestra”.

Andriy Pushkaryov is a laureate of numerous festivals in Ukraine and abroad.

Discography:

Vibe Trio (single)	2001	Alliance CD
"The Christmas Album" collection	2002	Lemma CD
Jazz festival “Yednist” (The Unity) collection	2002	Jazz Theatre CD