Background
Ostrovskii, Arkadii was born on February 25, 1914 in Syzran’.
Ostrovskii, Arkadii was born on February 25, 1914 in Syzran’.
Studied at the Central Technical School of Music, Leningrad, 1930-1934. Studied at the Central Technical School of Music, Leningrad, 1930-1934.
Improviser from childhood. Pianist with the State Variety Orchestra, Leningrad and Moscow, 1940-1947. Career as a composer during the war years.
Lived and worked in Moscow from 1943. Pianist with the Leonid Utesov Jazz Band.