Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin

Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Старостин; born 1 January 1956 in Moscow) is a Russian folk and jazz composer and performer, famous for his modern interpretations of archaic Russian (as well as Sámi and Tuvan) folk music. In his compositions, he sings, plays folk flutes (kalyuka overtone flute, svirel, pyzhatka), reed instruments (clarinet, zhaleyka, ) and gusli. At different stages of his musical career Starostin also collaborated and recorded together with Mari Boine, Djivan Gasparyan, , , , and others.

Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin

Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Старостин; born 1 January 1956 in Moscow) is a Russian folk and jazz composer and performer, famous for his modern interpretations of archaic Russian (as well as Sámi and Tuvan) folk music. In his compositions, he sings, plays folk flutes (kalyuka overtone flute, svirel, pyzhatka), reed instruments (clarinet, zhaleyka, ) and gusli. At different stages of his musical career Starostin also collaborated and recorded together with Mari Boine, Djivan Gasparyan, , , , and others.