OLEG SMOLKIN

12526 Valley Pines Drive, Reisterstown MD 21136 • osmolkin@yahoo.com • (443-768-3533)

• Award-winning jazz and classical guitar player with almost 40 year experience performing solo and in bands in Ukraine and USA
• A highly experienced and talented guitar player, with the ability of casting a musical spell over the audience.
• Musically talented performer with strong guitar chops – Great instrument playing ability.
• Passionate about music with the natural ability to adjust own style to suit different music.
• A quick learner who is always open to learn new styles, having good coordination with other musicians.

RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                   2014 – 2016    jazz performances in restaurant ‘Kavkaz Kebab’, Baltimore, MD

2005 – 2008    created multiple children’s rock bands, teaching kids to play musical instruments

1990 – 2000    provided musical equipment for many famous Russian singers and artists touring USA,

                        such as A. Rosenbaum, N. Slichenko, V. Kikabidze, T. Shaov and many more.

1997                Bass Guitar player in Bobby Smith Blues Band, Baltimore, MD

1996 – 1998    ‘Olive Branch’ restaurant, played in the guitar and violin duo, Baltimore, MD

1993                Stage manager of Alla Pugacheva’s All American Tour

1989 – 1996    played in different bands for many occasions in the restaurant ‘Moscow Nights’;

                        participated in charitable concerts to support JCC, Baltimore, MD

1988                ‘Strangers’ band in Rome, Italy, concerts to support Russian emigration

1977 - 1988     Union of Musical Bands, performed at different events, such as concerts, weddings, restaurants

1976 - 1977     Musical Band ‘ Dniprovsky Zori”, Kiev, Ukraine

1973 – 1976    Musical Band, radio station, studio recording, Krasnoyarsk, USSR

1969 – 1973    ‘Big Band’ of Novocherkask Politech University, Guitar player, USSR

AWARDS/OTHERS                                                                                               

1982                           Winner, 1^st Place, Kiev Jazz Festival

1981                            2nd Place, Kiev Jazz Festival, Ukraine:

EDUCATION                                                                                                         

B.A. in Music, School of Jazz, Kiev, Ukraine (1978 - 1983)