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BULAT Gafarov - professional composer and songwriter / world famous musician / virtuoso multi-instrumentalist / singer with unique vocal / culturologist ethnographer / collector of more than 1000 musical instruments / member of UNESCO / "king in World music style" (The New York Times)
Bulat is the owner of over 1000 musical instruments - one of the largest collections in the world. These are: violins, flutes, vargans, percussion, didgeridoo, kalimba, koto, sitar, hang, hapi, drums, percussion, keyboards, wind and string instruments from all over the world. Each instrument works during the recording of music and at concerts. About thirty of them Bulat uses at his multi-instrumental
concerts. Can play 5 musical instruments and sing at the same time, for that he is often called a "man-orchestra"/"one-man band".
Bulat Gafarov is recognized as the owner of a unique voice. Professionally sings: archaic throat, melodic oriental, old slavic, jazz singing and beatbox.
Bulat with his projects is invited all over the world. Writes music and performs in the USA, Canada, Russia, in many cities in Europe and Asia.
B. Gafarov has many awards and diplomas. The compositions have won several international composers' competitions. Tracks sound in dozens of famous films, theaters, ballets, advertising projects, animated videos and performances around the world.
Bulat's music covers such styles as: world music, ethno, electronics, classical music, rock and jazz; soundtracks; as well as combinations: drum-n-bass, breakbeat, psychill, ambient, new age and experimental.
Member of UNESCO. Certified culturologist, organizer of ethnographic expeditions, producer and creator of a unique encyclopedia of musical instruments.
"Bulat Gafarov's concert is a unique author's multimedia show! During his multi-instrumental musical performance, the listener takes an unforgettable exciting journey around the world..." GQ
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Bulat Gafarov composed music for:
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Theaters, ballets and performances:
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"Hotel of two Worlds" by Eric Emmanuel Schmitt | The directors Patric Rollen, Igor Grigurko | RATI;
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"Siege" ("Osada") | Director Evgeniy Grishkovec | STD theatre;
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"Sleep In Summer Night" | Director Natalya Anastasyeva | "Little World Theater";
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Performance "The Fish-Sun" | Experimental theater "Pag&Arm";
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"Ugaim Sulde" | "Theatre Baikal" (Buryatia) | Dandar Badluev & German Pikus;
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Ballet "ALEM" | "Astana ballet" / "Astana Opera" | MARIINSKY THEATRE | MOSCOW MUSIC THEATRE | The MuseumsQuartier Wien (Austria) | Paris, France | "Palace of Peace
and Reconciliation" in Astana | KBS hall, Seoul, Korea | Alice Tully Hall, LINCOLN CENTER (USA, New York) | TOKYO BUNKA KAIKAN (Tokyo, Japan) and others;
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Ballet "Birds" based on a poem by Alisher Navoi "Language of birds" | Artists of the Bolshoi Theater for president of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov;
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Films / movies:
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 Music for computer game "Shelter Online" | "Digital
Worlds company"
Compositions by Bulat Gafarov sounds in many programs on radio and TV around the world
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Collaborations and joint projects of Bulat Gafarov:
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 With famous Artists of the world: Bobby McFerrin (USA | Opera “Bobble” | Moscow International Performing Arts Center), Armand Amar (Israel | Ballet "Alem"), Shpongle (UK | Ballet "Sansara"), Al Di Meola (Festival "Transfiguration"), Andrey Makarevich ("Creation of Peace" & "Journey Of The World"), "Chaif" ("Kinotavr" 2009), Dmitry Malikov ("Pianomania"), Sati Kazanova (Olympic Games 2014 & festivals), Ivan Urgant (1TV & Yukos), Garik Sukachyov (Film "House of the sun"), Eugene Stychkin (Ballet "The Little Prince"), Chulpan Hamatova (Ballet "The Little Prince" & film "House of the sun"), "Namgar" (album "Nomad", Canada tour), Nogon Shumarov (Altai), Mark Pekarsky ("57 facets"), "Volga" (Norway and Kazan tour), Pelagea (Siberia/Moscow), Tina Kuznetsova (Moscow), Nino Katamadze (Georgian Republic), Sergey Starostin (Russia), "Hi-fi" (song "Beda" ("Trouble"), Yuriy "Mono" & "GreenPoint" band ("Kazantip", "Kino Yalta", "Kinotavr"), Brynjar Rasmussen ("Arctic Mood"), Igor Grigorev (Music video "Oxueli"), Alexander Vasiliev (fashion historian), Vasily Fedorovich Shcherbakov (Moscow Conservatory), Alexander Zhikharev (album "Singing Bronze"), Lena Kaufman (France), Artem Yakushenko ("Two Siberians"), Dashi Namdakov (Sculptor. Russia), Joey Blake (USA/Boston), Christiane Karam (Lebanon/Boston), Marta Ruiz Villamil (Cuba), Edson Cordeiro (Brazil/Germany), Andrey Mongush (Tuva), Adam Matta (New York), Andreas Schaerer (Germany/Zurich), Vladimir Kryzhanovsky (Moscow), Brenna MacCrimmon (Toronto/Istanbul), Bori Magyar (Budapest), Yuriy Balashev (painter & musician), Andreas Jones (Drummer. "AJ Orchestra"), "Nineva" group ("Music for Raja"), Sergey Filatov ("Ethnosphere"), Cheynesh Baitushkina (Altai), "Tetris" (Russian group), "Alex Parasense" (Alexey Kurkin), "Band'Eros" (Russian hip-hop group), Vahtang Kalandadze (Beatboxer), ensemble "Chukotka" (Russia), "Couple" band / Dmitry Vasilyev & Katya Chernyavskaya, Ian Bederman (Russia), Bogdan Titomir ("Kazantip"), Herman Vinogradov (Performances), "Zerkalo" & "Azimut" (Projects), Marina Sabianina (Moscow), Gaya Arutyunyan (Armenia), Nikolai Fomenko, Group "Fruits", with orchestras in Moscow, Buryatia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and many others.
 With famous Directors of the world: Evgeniy Grishkovets (performance "Siege" ("Osada"), Garik Sukachev ("House of the sun"), Vera Glagoleva (film "Ferris Wheel"), Nikita Dmitrievsky (ballets "Sansara", "The Little Prince", "Alem"), Nikolay
Basin ("Ballet Moskva"), Olga Stolpovskaja (film "Fishman"), Natalia Anastaseva (performance "Sleep In Summer Night"), Igor Grigurko, Patrick Rollen, Alexey Shilin, Anzhela Golubeva (performance "Hotel of two worlds"), German Pikus, Artem Kochukov (film "On the low frequency"), Tandy Beal (Opera "Bobble"), John Woo (Premiere of "The Crossing" in Moscow), Stephan
Gero Kämpf (Treeproduction at the Eco-Club GSE), Ivan Fadeev (Ballet "Russian Traceries") and many others.
 Theatres in Russia: "Mariinsky Theater", "The Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre", "Moscow
Art Theater. A.P. Chekhova" (MXAT), "Moscow Art Theater M. Gorky", "Pushkin Theater", "Maly Theater", RAMT ("Russian Academic Youth Theater"), "Bolshoi Theater", "Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation", The Theater Center "Na Strastnom", "Russian Institute of Theatre Arts" (GITIS), "Theatre by V.S Meyerhold", "Theatre Baikal", Musical show theater "Premiere", "Small World Theater",
Experimental theater "Pag&Arm" and many other theaters.
Theatres outside of Russia: "Lincoln Center" and "Alice Tully Hall" (New York, USA), "The MuseumsQuartier Wien"
- Halle E (Austria), KBS hall (Seoul, Korea), Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan), France, Paris, "Astana ballet", "Astana Opera", "Palace of Peace and Reconciliation" (Kazakhstan) and many other theatres.
Bulat Gafarov wrote music, created projects and played concerts at events for the presidents of: Turkey (Recep Erdogan), Kazakhstan (Nursultan Nazarbayev), Kalmykia (Kirsan Ilyumzhinov), Uzbekistan (Islam Karimov), Russia (Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin); Sheikh Emir of Kuwait (Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah); Ambassadors of the USA, Jordan, India, Japan, Mongolia, Mexico, France and many other countries.
Bulat and his Toke-cha band played at many festivals in Russia, USA, Canada, Norway, Holland, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kalmykia and Uzbekistan.
Bulat was in many countries where he studied folklore, singing and playing various musical instruments.
He has organized several successful ethnographic expeditions where he recorded a unique musical material.
On the web site of his band www.Toke-cha.ru Bulat created a unique e-encyclopedia of musical instruments.
Bulat and his band has many diplomas and awards from the Governments and various festivals.
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Bulat Gafarov winner of international songwriting competitions:
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Bulat played concerts at XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi 2014
Solo, duet with Sati Kazanova & band
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Bulat Gafarov's music featured in audio channels:
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Mass media | Tv | Radio | Press | Diplomas:
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TV: CNN, BBC, Russia Today, Euronews, ORT (Main Russian TV Channel), Russia-1, NTV, STS, TV-3, Stolitsa (Capital), MIR (World),
ТNТ, Kultura (Culture), Karusel, Doverie-Tv and many others | Some TV videos here 
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Radio: "Radio Jazz Fm", "Radio Classic Fm", "Silver Rain", "Radio of Russia", "Mayak", "Kultura" (Culture), "Govorit Moskva", "RUSA Radio", "Moscow Fm", "Arsenal",
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Internet radios: Chillout.fm, iHeartRadio, Last.fm, Jango, Rdio, Slacker Radio, MixRadio, DI.fm, 8tracks, Indie 104 - iRadio LA, Radio Crystal Blue, ruKus Radio, Freeradio4u and many others
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Magazines: "The New York Times", "GQ", "Jalouse", "Royals", "Ethnosphere", "Alquimia", "Moscow Times", "Moskauer Deutsche Zeitung", BC news, "Castlegar News", "Moscow orientir", "Village", "MusicZeitGeist", "Hammer" and many others | Some Press articles here 
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Discography / albums by Bulat Gafarov / Toke-Cha:
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Music for sand art animations:
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Tel: + 7 915 085 085 9
