Olga Glazova

Olga Gennadievna Glazova (Russian: Ольга Геннадьевна Глазова, born 26 November 1993 in Pskov) is a Russian singer-songwriter, composer and poet. She performed an academic repertoire of gusli and Russian folk songs in her own adaptation.[1] Glazova is one of few performers who uses Russian folk instrument gusli and ancient harp to make repertoire prevailed by its own instrumental compositions and songs in Russian, English and other languages. Her first public performance took place in Pskov in 2001, during the international competition for young performers on folk multi-string instruments. By now she has been twice nominated for S. Kuryokhin award in the field of contemporary art – "Ethnomechanica – the best world music project",[2] winner of about 30 international and national competitions of folk music, has published two solo albums of the harp music, and is engaged in restoration of lost equipment fingers playing the harp.[3] Olga plays the custom 30-stringed harp crafted for her by A.Teplov.[4][5] She cooperated with the notable russian acts such as "Affinage (band)", "Theodor Bastard", "Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin", "Aquarium (band)".[6][7][8][9][10] In 2020 she has collaborated with the Art of Peace global project, composed and arranged by Mehran Alirezaei.[11][12]

Olga Glazova
Birth nameOlga Glazova
Born (1993-11-26) 26 November 1993
Pskov, Russia
GenresSinger-songwriter, author song, ethnic Russian music, world music
Occupation(s)singer, composer and poet
InstrumentsVocals, fortepiano, gusli
Years active1993–present
Labels"Far from Moscow", "Bomba-Piter inc.»
Associated acts"Aquarium (band)", "Theodor Bastard", "Affinage (band)", "Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin»
Websitevk.com/olga.glazova.gusli/

Concerts published on YouTube
  • Live concert @ art-mansarde 4`33` (Saint-Petersburg) (, Saint-Petersburg, 2015
  • Played in the Petrikirhe (Saint-Petersburg, Nevskiy 22–24), Saint-Petersburg, 2015
  • Olga Glazova and Sergey Starostin, Concert – Olga Glazova & Sergey Starostin on YouTube and Concert of Olga Glazova and Sergei Starostin posted on the Soundcloud, 2016
  • Concerts and interviews on TV: LifeNews 78 and Imagine Radio and Interview and on-line concert on Fresh Voice.

Selected discography
  • Songs on her own poetry
    • 2014 – "Water and wind 'first studio album. Author's music and lyrics (St. Petersburg, "Far from Moscow")[13]
    • 2015 – "Six days of spring 'second studio album. Author's music and songs; Russian folk song "Where dear disappeared" (arr. O. Glazov) (St. Petersburg, "Bomba-Piter")[14][15]
  • Cooperations
    • 2015 – the participation in the recording of the album "Russian songs. Afterword" by "Affinage»
    • 2015 – the participation in the recording of the album "Vetvi" by "of Theodor Bastard"
    • 2016 – the participation in the recording of the album "Songs of unloved" by "Aquarium (band)»

References
  1. Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation – Guests of "Hospitable" will hear the best musicians in St. Petersburg
  2. Pskov musician Olga Glazov entered the longlist Sergei Kuryokhin Prize
  3. Olga Glazov on the Imagine radio
  4. "Glazov Olga and her harp". Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  5. "Ethnomechanica – the best world music project"
  6. Post about cooperation with Olga Glazova on the official website of the "Aquarium"
  7. "Boris Concert Grebenshchikov. Special guest – Olga Glazov Gusli". Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  8. Zen and rock and roll. Olga Glazov Gusli is "warming up" on the concert of "Aquarium"
  9. Harpist player from Petersburg, king Queen of vinyl, a lover of Vysotsky in Moscow: participants on casting to show "The Voice" – about the repertoire and geography. Reporter V Rodion Gazmanov
  10. Olga Glazov – a student of the St. Petersburg Conservatory
  11. https://www.asriran.com/fa/news/747800/%D9%87%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%AD
  12. http://artofpeace.international/
  13. album "Water and the wind" on Yandex.Music
  14. "album "Six Days of Spring" at Yandex. music". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  15. album "Six days of spring" on a Russiandvd.com
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