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Feodor Chistyakov is a popular Russian musician. He started his career in 1987 as the leader of the alternative rock band Ноль. An original sound of bayan (a Russian variety of accordion) along with Feodor’s strong and distinctive vocals attracted vast numbers of listeners and critical favor. Bayan, harp & blues: in the year 2000 there was a project named Bayan, Harp & Blues produced in co-operation with Moscow musicians Иван Жук (guitars) and Владимир Кожекин (harp). The project was followed by a release of an album under the same title. http://fchistyakov.ru .

Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin (Russian: Фёдор Ива́нович Шаля́пин, Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin; February 13 [O.S. February 1] 1873 – April 12, 1938) was a Russian opera singer. The possessor of a large and expressive bass voice, he enjoyed an important international career at major opera houses and is often credited with establishing the tradition of naturalistic acting in his chosen art form. During the first phase of his career, Chaliapin endured direct competition from three other great basses: the powerful Lev Sibiriakov (1869–1942), the more lyrical Vladimir Kastorsky (1871–1948), and Dmitri Buchtoyarov (1866–1918), whose voice lay between the extremes exemplified by Sibiriakov...

Yevgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov (Russian: Евгéний Фёдорович Светлáнов; 6 September 1928—3 May 2002), HSL, PAU, was a Russian conductor, composer and a pianist. Svetlanov was born in Moscow and studied conducting at the Moscow Conservatory. From 1955 he conducted at the Bolshoi Theatre, being appointed principal conductor there in 1962. From 1965 he was principal conductor of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra (now the Russian State Symphony Orchestra). In 1979 he was appointed principal guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. Svetlanov was also music director of the Residentie Orchestra (The Hague) from 1992 to 2000 and the Swedish Radio Symphony...