Musicians
Aleksandar Kashtanov -
alto saxophone, orchestra founder
MEPhI graduate. Composer, arranger, performer. Musical education - College "Consort", school GMUEDI. He began his performing career in the orchestra of Yuri Chugunov, flute part. In 2000 he organized an ensemble of ethnic music " Vodovorot ", in which he played the guitar. In 2005 he organized the Bubamara Brass Band. In the orchestra, Aleksandar plays the part of the alto saxophone. Together with singer-songwriter Anastasia Tokareva, he organized the Quinta ToKa project (2007-2011).
Nastya Bad'ina -
vocals, bass drum, tambourine
She was born in the city of Sayansk, Irkutsk region. At the age of five she entered a music school in the piano class. At the age of 11 she began to study pop-jazz vocals and became a member of the exemplary vocal ensemble "Impromptu" (head Natalya Petrovna Vorobyova, laureate of international competitions both in the ensemble and solo). In 2011 she entered the Institute of Contemporary Art, department of pop and jazz vocals, gold medalist of the "Delphic Games 2013", a member of the vocal and percussion group "Tambores". Participant of the program " Voice. Blind Auditions " 1 channel in 2015 and 2019.
Alexandra Tsugutskaya - trumpet
She began her musical career with a music class in a secondary school in a brass band. A year later she went to the Ivanov-Kramskoy music school.
College of Music at Moscow Conservatory P.I. Tchaikovsky.
Academy of Maimonides pop-jazz department with associate professor Vadim Simonovich Eilenkrig.
Diploma-recipient of the international competition in Ternopil.
Member of ensembles, orchestras:
Jazz Orchestra conducted by Pavel Leonidovich Ovchinnikov,
Musical cover show group Women Music Show, jazz orchestra JP big band, funk group Amazin Five, pop rock group men's lyric, envoys of jazz - Valery Ponomarev's orchestra.
Artem Koryapin - trumpet
Artem is a man-orchestra, multi-musician, leader of the EFONICA jazz band (Efonica) The name appeared precisely thanks to the solo instrument. The ephonium is a brass instrument with a bright and powerful timbre, corresponding in tessitura to the trombone and French horn.
Artem Koryapin - trumpet
Artem is a man-orchestra, multi-musician, leader of the EFONICA jazz band (Efonica) The name appeared precisely thanks to the solo instrument. The ephonium is a brass instrument with a bright and powerful timbre, corresponding in tessitura to the trombone and French horn.
Andrey Timofeev - helicon, tuba
Graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory. Tchaikovsky. He played in orchestras under the direction of famous conductors - A. Vedernikov, G. Rozhdestvensky, V. Ponkin. He worked at the Helikon Opera. Participant in indie, funk and jazz projects: Sticky Fingers Trio, Jazz with a Beard, etc.
Performs as part of the Model Orchestra of the Navy, takes part in the festival "Kremlin Dawn" and "Spasskaya Tower" in Moscow on Red Square. Currently works in the Central Frontier Ensemble of the FSB of the Russian Federation.
Dmitry Karev - accordion
Graduate of MGIM Schnittke accordion class. Has been playing the accordion since he was able to pick it up and bring it to his knees.
In addition to the Bubamara Brass Band, he plays with Karl Khlamkin and "Fire hazardous orchestra", the Belleville group and the Quartet Kvadrat. Also, if you provoke him, he can make a couple of very interesting sounds on the saxophone and flute.
Iliya Lipatov - drums
Graduate of GMUEDI. He studied at the Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Center at the Indian Embassy in Moscow, class Tabla with Guru Ji Anil Dikshit. Winner of the first international competition for young drummers from A&T Trade.
Performs in projects of various stylistic directions: Kalashnikov Band (Ethnic music), Poncho Panamas (Stoner-rock / Funk-core), Seagall (Guitar rock / fusion), Quinta ToKa (Lounge music ), projects of Artur Pilyavin (leader of the group "Kvartal"), played with Yuri Antonov , works in the art-rock version of the ballet "Creation of the World", the jazz trio of Viktor Misailov, "Fernnik Orchestra".
Participates in the V-Drums Contest 2009. Winner of the first Russian drummer competition from Tama in 2002. Winner of the first Russian drummer competition from Roland in 2009.
Rodion Gibazov - baritone horn
Brass band "Russian copper", Moscow
Oleg Menshikov's brass band
Graduated from Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 2015
Pavel Aksenov - trombone
He studied at the Novosibirsk Murov Music College, worked in the variety orchestra of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic and in the Brass Orchestra of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic.
He played in such bands as The Invibers, Wicked Rumble, Mishuris Blues Band, Peter Vostokov's BDO, Orchestra of Easy Virtue, Rradio Rocksteady, Skatolics, Candy's.
Currently studying at the Gnessin Academy in Moscow.
Mitya Ignatov - bouzouki
Multi-instrumentalist, composer. Since 1998 he has been participating in many projects in Moscow and St. Petersburg in various musical directions, from early music to the most modern.
The main instruments are al-oud (Arabic lute), Irish and Greek bouzouki, Bulgarian kaval, Armenian bloole, bass and all kinds of guitars. Participant of festivals in Germany, Pakistan, Greece, Netherlands, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Norilsk.
Collaborated with world names in the field of ethno music, such as Misirli Ahmet, Vladisvar Nadishana.
He directed the ensemble at the Obraztsov Puppet Theater.
Since 2015 he has been a musician at the Teresa Durova Theater on Serpukhovka.
Mitya Ignatov - bouzouki
Multi-instrumentalist, composer. Since 1998 he has been participating in many projects in Moscow and St. Petersburg in various musical directions, from early music to the most modern.
The main instruments are al-oud (Arabic lute), Irish and Greek bouzouki, Bulgarian kaval, Armenian bloole, bass and all kinds of guitars. Participant of festivals in Germany, Pakistan, Greece, Netherlands, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Norilsk.
Collaborated with world names in the field of ethno music, such as Misirli Ahmet, Vladisvar Nadishana.
He directed the ensemble at the Obraztsov Puppet Theater.
Since 2015 he has been a musician at the Teresa Durova Theater on Serpukhovka.
Mitya Ignatov - bouzouki
Multi-instrumentalist, composer. Since 1998 he has been participating in many projects in Moscow and St. Petersburg in various musical directions, from early music to the most modern.
The main instruments are al-oud (Arabic lute), Irish and Greek bouzouki, Bulgarian kaval, Armenian bloole, bass and all kinds of guitars. Participant of festivals in Germany, Pakistan, Greece, Netherlands, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Norilsk.
Collaborated with world names in the field of ethno music, such as Misirli Ahmet, Vladisvar Nadishana.
He directed the ensemble at the Obraztsov Puppet Theater.
Since 2015 he has been a musician at the Teresa Durova Theater on Serpukhovka.
Mitya Ignatov - bouzouki
Multi-instrumentalist, composer. Since 1998 he has been participating in many projects in Moscow and St. Petersburg in various musical directions, from early music to the most modern.
The main instruments are al-oud (Arabic lute), Irish and Greek bouzouki, Bulgarian kaval, Armenian bloole, bass and all kinds of guitars. Participant of festivals in Germany, Pakistan, Greece, Netherlands, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Norilsk.
Collaborated with world names in the field of ethno music, such as Misirli Ahmet, Vladisvar Nadishana.
He directed the ensemble at the Obraztsov Puppet Theater.
Since 2015 he has been a musician at the Teresa Durova Theater on Serpukhovka.