Yaroslav Likhachev

Russian saxophonist born in 1991 and based in Cologne (Germany). He took up a career as a jazz musician at the age of sixteen after many years of classical piano education. ormer saxophone teacher at the College of Music in Novosibirsk encouraged him to take part in different International Competitions and Festivals and to continue his studies in Europe after the Diploma graduation. Yaroslav´s wish to discover new styles of jazz brought him to saxophone player Prof. Wolfgang Engstfeld in Cologne, one of the greatest names of german modern jazz. During his four years of Bachelor study at the The Cologne University of Music (Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln) he also had the possibility to have lessons with the extraordinary avantgarde saxophonist Frank Gratkowski, who showed the him new sides of the instrument, towards a more experimental new music approach.