Mikhail Alperin Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin Ukrainian Миха́йло Юхи́мович Альпе́рін 7 November 1956 – 11 May 2018 Was A Soviet-Norwegian Jazz Pianist Known As A Key Member Of The Moscow Art Trio. Alperin Was Born In Kamianets-Podilskyi Ukrainian SSR And Educated In Khmelnytskyi Bălți And Chișinău. In 1980 He Formed One Of The First Jazz Ensembles In Moldavian SSR. He Moved To Moscow In The 1980s And Founded The Moscow Art Trio With Arkady Shilkloper And Folk Singer Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin. He Has Also Worked With Huun Huur Tu. From 1993 To 2018 He Lived In Oslo Norway He Was Professor Of Music At The Norwegian Academy Of Music And He Supervised Pianist Helge Lien And Morten Qvenild Among Others. He Released Several Works On ECM Records. He Died On 11 May 2018 At The Age Of 61. Discography An Asterisk * Indicates That The Year Is That Of Release. Year RecordedTitleLabelPersonnel/Notes 1989Wave Of SorrowECMDuo Co-Led With Arkady Shilkloper French Horn Jagdhorn Fluegelhorn Vocals 1992Folk DreamsJaro Medien 1993The Blue FjordsRDMSolo Piano Reissued As Blue Fjord By Jaro Medien 1996*Hamburg ConcertJaro Medien 1996*PrayerJaro Medien 1997First ImpressionECMWith John Surman Soprano Sax Baritone Sax Arkady Shilkloper French Horn Flugelhorn Terje Gewelt Bass Jon Christensen Drums Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen Percussion 1998North StoryECMQuintet With Arkady Shilkloper French Horn Fluegelhorn Tore Brunborg Tenor Sax Terje Gewelt Bass Jon Christensen Drums 1998At HomeECMSolo Piano 1998NightECMTrio With Anja Lechner Cello Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen Percussion Marimba Vocals In Concert 2000*Overture/EtudeBoheme 2000*PianoBohemeIn Concert 2000*PortraitJaro Medien 2006Her First DanceECMTrio With Arkady Shilkloper French Horn Fluegelhorn Anja Lechner Cello