The 20th international World Of Guitar music festival took place on May 22-26, 2017 in Kaluga, Russia. This year, at the festival’s opening, Larry Coryell’s last opera, based on Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina was presented. The world premiere was dedicated to Larry Coryell, the “godfather of fusion," who passed away in New York in February. Mr. Coryell worked on the opera until his final days and it was completed posthumously by his friends and collaborators Roman Miroshnichenko and Nenad Stephanovich.
“Over the past few years, Larry Coryell has been completely focused on the opera," says resident and festival's director of international projects Roman Miroshnichenko. “I had the privilege of assisting Larry on this special project. We repeatedly discussed operatic concepts, complicated guitar skills and other essential aspects of the music. A week prior to his death, Larry sent me the score of the final part of the opera. In a recent conversation, Larry's wife Tracey Coryell said that he “lived" this opera and asked not to cancel the premiere."
It was a brilliant production by Larry Coryell featuring Moscow's The Russian Philharmonic Orchestra along with Russia's most prominent guitarist, Roman Miroshnichenko, Serbian classical guitarist Nenad Stephanovich, and Slovenian opera soloists. All were well received at a sold out Kaluga Philharmonic Hall.
The festival was closed by the legendary guitarist Al Di Meola. He had played the hits of the Beatles, Astor Piazzolla'a compositions and his own music. At the festival's closing ceremony, the governor of the Kaluga region, Anatoly Artamonov awarded to Roman Miroshnichenko a Honorary diploma "For a great personal contribution to the development and promotion of the festival."
04/28/2017
IMA judges announced and we are honored to report that Roman Miroshnichenko is a member of prestigious judging panel of the 16th annual Independent Music Awards (IMA) program. The IMAs assembles an awesome panel of Artist & Industry judges to help determine the year’s best independent Songs, Albums, EPs, Music Videos and Designs. Collectively IMA Judges such as Tom Waits, Slayer, Sepultura and others - have produced some of the greatest music of the 20th and 21st centuries.
04/16/2017
On April, 14 at Yotaspace Hall Roman Miroshnichenko appeared as a special guest of the multi-format music project The Trip Show. Together with the virtuoso bass player Julie Slick (Adrian Belew Power Trio) and the legendary drummer Morgan Agren (Steve Vai, Glenn Huges, Tony Iommi, Frank Zappa), several progresive-rock instrumental compositions were performed. During the show, Canadian vocalist Matt Laurent joined the musicians to perform a few hits by David Bowie and The Beatles.
03/15/2017
On March 13, 2017, the Crystal Ball "Crystal Turandot" was held in honor of the 95th anniversary of the Vahtangov Theater. Special guest of the ball Roman Miroshnichenko and his band performed the song "Song For Larry" recently written by him in memory of Larry Coryell. The TV version of the jubilee will be shown on the TV-channel "Culture". Stay tuned!
03/01/2017
We are very proud to announce that Roman Miroshnichenko has made semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition under the “Instrumental" category for his composition “Adios Amigo”, dedicated to Mario Olivares.
The 20th international World Of Guitar music festival took place on May 22-26, 2017 in Kaluga, Russia. This year, at the festival’s opening, Larry Coryell’s last opera, based on Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina was presented. The world premiere was dedicated to Larry Coryell, the “godfather of fusion," who passed away in New York in February. Mr. Coryell worked on the opera until his final days and it was completed posthumously by his friends and collaborators Roman Miroshnichenko and Nenad Stephanovich.
