Yuriy Parfyonov

Yuri Vasilyevich Parfyonov (Russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Парфёнов; 19 January 1946 – 23 June 2025) was a Russian jazz musician.[1]

Life and career

Parfyonov was born on 19 January 1946 in Bulgakovo, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR. He began to play the trumpet in the brass band of the Palace of Pioneers in Frunze (now Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan). He graduated from the Frunze Music College and then the Tashkent State Conservatory.[2] In 1984, he relocated to Balashikha, Moscow.[3]

Beginning in 1984, Parfyonov worked in Oleg Lundstrem's orchestra, but occasionally assembled an ensemble to perform his own music. In 1992, he joined the free jazz ensemble "Three Ols" by Sergei Letov.[4]

He became a Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (1997).[5]

From 2011, he was a member of the group Auktyon.[6]

Parfyonov died on 23 June 2025, at the age of 79.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Умер трубач группы «АукцЫон» Юрий Парфёнов — НАШЕ Радио". www.nashe.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  2. ^ "О Юрии Парфенове: Ефим Семенович Барбан. Пилигрим в страну Востока". www.letov.ru (in Russian). 1987. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Юрий Парфенов. Страница джазового музыканта". www.letov.ru (in Russian). 19 January 1946. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Sevastopol Jazz". sevjazz.info (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Аукцыон с трубой". fuzz-magazine.ru. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Парфенов Юрий Васильевич — Джаз. XX век — Яндекс.Словари". slovari.yandex.ru. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Умер трубач группы «АукцЫон» Юрий Парфёнов — НАШЕ Радио". www.nashe.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
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