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Olga Dikaya (Dyachkovskaya) and Slava Moroz are classically trained musicians who have performed extensively around US and Europe. After one of their concerts in Woodstock a local recording engineer and a promoter Carlito Steen approached the couple and proposed a new project aimed at fusing different elements of classic music, rock and jazz.
Slava Moroz, who tours as a world class violinist with a number of classic ensembles, joined forces with a bass player and a guitarist at Steen’s studio where they recorded some of their experiments. After hearing the first recording Olga, a poet and a world class soprano, joined the group as vocalist and a song writer. There were always a number of musicians involved in the project. Michael Schirmer on the keyboards, Graham Taylor on drums, Chris Maccia as a bass guitarist, Peter Beutner with a sax and flute, and the back bone of the ensemble - violinist Slava Moroz and vocals Olga Dikaya created this recording in the winter of 2006. The musicians never set a particular score for the parts. In every performance there is an element of surprise and improvisation. Olga and Slava explain their experience with the music they create as channeling of mystical forces from Woodstock. The highest level of understanding exists between Olga and Slava on all levels of creative process. When the same connection happens between all the musicians involved in the InPravda project it is hard to stop the flow of music.

Olga Dikaya ( Dyachkovskaya) graduated with high honors from the Moscow Theater Academy and from Hochschule fu"r Music und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna where she was awarded scholarship from the Viennese Ministry of Culture.

Ms. Dyachkovskaya's list of solo engagements include appearances at Carnegie Hall (New York, USA), Merkin Hall (New York, USA), the Bolshoi Halls at the Moscow Conservatory (Russia), Kremlin Palace (Russia), Annual recitals at the Society of Musiktheater Wien (Vienna, Austria). Ms. Dyachkovskaya has also appeared at numerous festivals including the Oleg Kagan Music Festival (Mu"nchen, Germany), Shandelee Music Festival (New York), Barge Music Concert Series (New York City), Beethoven Festival (Long Island) etc. Ms. Dyachkovskaya appeared in concerts with a world renowned cellist Natalya Gutman. She has also collaborated with Mykola Suk (piano) performing Shostakovich's Seven Romances (words by Alexander Block).

Ms. Dyachkovskaya appeared as the soloist with such renown ensembles as the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Lower Nowgorod Philharmonic Orchestra (Russia), Franz Lehar Symphony Orchestra, Strauss Festival Orchester, Clemenic Consort (Vienna), and Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (Germany).

Ms. Dyachkovskaya has appeared with Schumanns's "Frauen Liebe und Leben" in Vienna, Moscow, Portugal and the USA. She has performed J.S. Bach's "Magnificat" and Vivaldi's "Magnificat" under the batons of M.Henning and H.Riling in Mu"nster and Stuttgart (Germany). Ms. Dyachkovskaya has also appeared in the roles of Alceste in Lully's Alceste and Poppea in Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea under the direction of Conductor Rene Clemencic at the Bolshoi Hall (Moscow). She has appeared as Poppea at the Theater Belvedere (Vienna), as Giuditta in Lehar's Giuditta at the Stadttheater Baden bei Wien and St. Po"lten Theater Fu"r Niedero"sterreich (Vienna); as Fedora in Kalman's Die Zirkusprinzessin in a tour of Germany (produced by the Alber Concert Theater Agentur). She appeared at such theaters as Hamburg Opera House, Augsburg Opera House. She also appeared at the Wuk Theater and Concert House (Vienna, in the Dostal's "Russenhuhn").

A Compact Disk of Ms. Dyachkovskaya's live performance of Shostakovich's Seven Romances on the words by Block is due to be released shortly on Parnassus Records. She can also be heard on a CD released by the Moscow Radio Production, performing the very first Russian opera written by Sokolovsky "The Miller, the Wizard, the Liar and the Matchmaker" and a CD of the very first Russian Romantic Music - Song Cycle "Between Work, Idleness" of Teplov.

Ms. Dyachkovskaya is currently a member of the Professional Woman's Singer Association (PWSA).

Peter Buettner was born in 1952 in San Francisco Ca. and grew up in Anderson, Indiana where he started playing flute at age of 20.4 years later he entered the masters degree program at the University of Iowa where he studied with Betty Bang Mather.

In 1979 he moved to Woodstock, NY. There he continued his studies with Harvey Sollberger, Karl Berger, Pauline Oliveros, Anthony Braxton,Garry Kvistad,and Joshua Pearl,and Jayna Nelson. Over the lst 25yrs. he has performed and recorded with Karl Berger, Marilyn Crispell, John Lindberg, Olga Dykaya and Slava Moroz, the latin jazz band Mambo Kikongo, and Krishna Das.As a composer his pieces have performed at Carnegie Hall, The Woogstock Cycle, The Creative Music Studio, and througout the Northeast. Peter currently resides in Woodstock, NY.

Michael Schirmer is the keyboard player and the founder of MAS MEDIA wich provides technical support for album production.

Michael Schirmer has traversed the globe on tour with Mercury Rev performing for multiples of thousands @ The Reading, Leeds, Montreaux Jazz and Guilford festivals. He's participated on stage @ Royal Albert hall, Carnegie hall, The Moore theater, Shepard's Bush, The Commodore, Troubadour, 9:30 Club, Phoenix, Riviera, Irvin plaza and Filmore west. Schirmer played w\ Ani Di Franko & Sara Lee and shared the bill w\ groups Wilco, Oasis, Green day, & musician Alicia Keys.

He appeared on numerous television broadcasts including Craig Killborn, BBC1, Later w\ Jools Holland and MTV. Schirmer is currently scheduled to perform with InPravda with famous russian opera soprano Olga Dyatchkovskaya and violin soloist Sviatoslav Moroz @ Carnegie Hall.

Chris Macchia is one of the most active bassists in the Hudson Valley. Playing upright and electric bass, comfortable in almost any style from jazz to rock, funk to folk, and a varity of styles from around the world. Graduating from Suny New Paltz with a degree in jazz performance Chris went on to play in many bands and recording sessions and has toured the Caribbean twice.

GRAHAM TAYLOR

GRAHAM STUDIED DRUMS WITH ALAN DAWSON AT THE BERKLEE SCHOOL OF MUSIC. AFTER TOURING EUROPE WITH R&B GROUPS LIKE THE FENDER BENDERS AND JOE TAINO, HE JOINED THE BRAZILIAN SAMBA BAND 'REALCE DO BRAZIL' ON THEIR WORLD TOUR. HE RETURNED TO THE U.S. TO FORM THE DUG ROCK SHOW WITH CARLOZ ALOMAR AND JOHN K. FROM DAVID BOWIE'S BAND, AND RECENTLY HE PERFORMED WITH THE WOODSTOCK SENSATION 'NAKED'.
GRAHAM IS CURRENTLY ADAPTING VARIOUS FORMS OF AFRICAN POLY-RHYTHM TO THE WESTERN DRUM SET, BASED ON THE THEORY THAT MANY CONVENTIONAL RHYTHMS IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FIND THEIR ROOT IN RHYTHMS THAT WERE BROUGHT FROM AFRICA BY SLAVES. HE ALSO DEVELOPED THE FIRST TRUE REDESIGN IF THE DRUMSTICK EVER, THE HIPSTIC. (HIPSTIC.COM)

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