Владимир Волков (Vladimir Volkov), one of the leading free-jazz-musicians of Europe, is a music phenomenon surpassing different genres and styles. Along with guitarist Святослав Курашов (Svyatoslav Kurashov) and Денис Сладкевич (Denis Sladkevich) in his project ВолковТрио (VolkovTrio) Volkov combines avantgarde, improvised music with traditional folklore roots in a very creative way. They played on many international stages and won several international awards. Vladimir Volkov also played in "Collegium Europe", run by Wieland Kuyken, The Moscow Composers Orchestra and in the Cross Culture Project Vershki da Koreshki (VeDaKi) with musicians from Senegal and Tuva. He also worked with Анатолий Вапиров (Anatoly Vapirov), Petras Vysniauskas, Tomasz Stanko, Ernst Reijseger, Kenny Wheeler, Bobo Stenson, Ned Rothenberg, Klaus Kugel, Michael Moore and Kaigal-ool Khovalyg (from Huun-Huur-Tu). In 1998 he played in the project Black Sea with Энвер Измайлов (Enver Izmailov), Tavitian, Vapirov and Yankoulov which was especially organized for the Leipzig Jazz Festival. Since then he has played with Аркадий Шилклопер (Arkady Shilkloper) and Сергей Старостин (Sergey Starostin) of Moscow Art Trio and with Sainkho Namchylak and Владимир Тарасов (Vladimir Tarasov). In 1999 he has toured with his band "Vershki da Koreshki" and the Norwegian singer Mari Boine thoughout Europe. PROJECTS: Duet with Вячеслав Гайворонский (Vyacheslav Gayvoronsky), Trio with Arkady Schilkloper and Sergey Starostin, Vershki da Koreshki Group, New East Quartet feat. Tomasz Stanko, Baltic Quartet with Bobo Stenson, Petras Vysniauskas and Klaus Kugel.