Boris Plotnikov

Boris Plotnikov is a virtuoso Russian harmonica performer. He's a winner of the international jazz competition "Master-Jam Fest 2013" and the international harmonica performers competition "World Harmonica Festival 2013" in the categories "jazz" and "blues". For the general Russian public Boris is known as a member of the music bands of Eugene Margulis and Mikhail Bashakov. He also collaborates with Alexey Romanov and "Voskresenie" band, Sergey Chigrakov, Sergey Galanin and many others. As a session musician and band member, he recorded for several dozen albums, and also released a duet album with Mikhail Bashakov "Ask Yourself", which included songs by Mikhail Bashakov, specially arranged for the guitar and harmonica. As a solo artist, Boris regularly performs in jazz clubs, and he played great solo concerts in philharmonies. Today, Boris Plotnikov is developing a solo project in which he combines his interest in various musical styles: jazz, hip-hop, Russian and live electronic music, interacts with the most powerful instrumentalists in Moscow. A concert album of a solo project is released in 2019 (Apple Music, Google play). In 2024 Boris Plotnikov band released first studio album Samovar. Boris Plotnikov is the official endorser of the German company Seydel, which produces harmonica.

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HARMONICA TEACHER

Do you dream of learning to play the harmonica, or are you a professional, who is looking for an opportunity to expand your creative boundaries? Classes with Boris will be equally useful for you. The owner of the author's techniques (Boris's clip on extracting single notes is one of the most viewed training videos in the YouTube Russian sector), Boris will be happy to help you. For reference: Boris Plotnikov, the holder of two pedagogical diplomas, created the only harmonica class in Russia at the musical college.

Concerning the issues of individual lessons and the organization of the workshops, write to Boris your preferred method!