Andrei Poliakov is a professional musician, composer and producer, who received a fundamental classical music education as a pianist and an oboist in Russia, continued with the professional musical career performing with world-renowned orchestras, later diversifying his musical taste and capacity into jazz, rock, and pop genres, performing and recording with various bands and solo.
Since 2012 Andrei has been living in Switzerland, Geneva, engaging into various professional activities both in artistic and business domains.
The foundation of Andrei’s works is a well-educated classical, romantic soundscapes, but as soon as the music begins, it starts looking for cross-over opportunities to develop into an exciting house-party, jazz, pop, or electronic music, all these easily transforming to warm classical follow-ups – hence the eclectic style which helps Andrei tell better stories without words.
Andrei treats a musical genre as an additional color for the compositions, like seasoning in food; these colors help him get across the emotions and tell the stories to the listener with better precision and stronger impact.
Andrei Poliakov works with a Dutch sound producer Wouter Kronenberg, who shares the same passion for the fusion New Age music and helps create a sound palette that echoes Andrei’s ideas and brings the essence of the musical message forward.
Andrei’s previous works include albums: “RefleXions” (released in March 2019), “Four Seasons” (released in March 2020), and the current live album "Moonlight & Sunshine", started on 14.07.2020 with the first singles "Declaration of Love", "Lullaby", and "La Promenade in Paris" - each piece featured in solo piano ("in the Moonlight") version and in arranged ("in the Sunshine") variation of the same melody.
This Episode marks our second conversation together, and Andrei dives deeper his passion for the essence of music as a composer, what he is expecting from others and providing sage advice to EntreMusicians who are afraid to place their passion above profits.
SHOW NOTES
00:00 – 2:39 – Intro
2:40 – 10:46 – Creating Inspirational Music During Shut Down
10:47 – 18:08 – The Various Colors of Andreis Musical Approach
18:09 – 20:44 – Musical Chess / Completing Music
20:45 – 26:18 – Writing with Freedom
26:19 – 32:36 – On Being a Spotify Playlist Curator “Multicolor Pianos”
32:37 – 34:39 – What Andrei is Looking for When He is Reviewing Music
34:40 – 39:10 – Andreis’ Father’s Influence on His Music and His Own Children’s Music
39:11 – 48:12 – Andreis’ Producer, Wouter Kronenberg and Online Collaboration
48:13 – 49:29 – Real Musicians VS VST Libraries
49:30 – 54:16 – The Unasked Question
54:17 – 56:41 – Joining The EntreMusician & Close
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