Nikita Bratus is a composer and jazz pianist from Moscow, author of all music on this page. He is one of the pioneers of smooth jazz in Russia. Nikita was born in 1963 in Moscow. Since the age of 15 he started to compose piano music. He has secondary special as well as higher musical education in playing the jazz piano. In 1985 he created his first group called Medium. "Medium" performed music composed and arranged by Nikita Bratus, playing style such as art rock and jazz rock. This music was difficult and sated enough to include the elements of different folklore traditions, doth Eastern and Russian. Alongside with composing and performing activity Nikita Bratus taught jazz piano in The Jazz College, then in the jazz branch of famous Stasov music school. Nikita performed with many known musicians, not only Russian but also from America. These include saxophonist David Sanborn, David Mann, singer Nicky Richards, Mindi Abair, Richard Elliot, Russian group Trans Atlantik of Sergey Chipenko.
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