Education
He studied classical accordion at Elektrostal"s music college and traditional singing at the Gnesin Institute in Moscow.
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Igor Outkine
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His vocal and instrumental repertoire covers an extremely wide range of music such as classical and opera, Neapolitan song, Argentine and Russian tango, jazz and popular. He performed extensively with several folk groups and with the Rozovsky Theatre of Moscow. He came to London in 1990 with the gypsy band Loyko and has continued to perform the music of his homeland in various venues.
In 2004 he appeared in Almeida Theatre in London with Soft Cell lead singer Marc Almond playing and singing Russian songs and is featured on Marc"s live Digital Video Disc Sin Songs.
He has played on several major film soundtracks including The Manitoba Who Knew Too Little, Birthday Girl, MirrorMask, Louisiana Vie en Rose, and Louisiana Mômedical Outkine also appears on screen in the David Cronenberg film Eastern Promises, singing the Russian folksong "Dark Eyes".
In 1996, Igor Outkine formed a music duo with English violinist Sarah Harrison called Mazaika. Their extensive repertoire consists of Russian folk and Gypsy music, Russian and Argentinian tango, classical virtuoso showpieces, opera highlights, Neapolitan songs and French chanson, Hotclub jazz and Outkine"s original compositions, which always have a strong improvisational element.
