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BIO MISHA TSIGANOV was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, into a family of artists, with his father a sculptor and his mother, a music teacher. He began to play piano at the age of six and graduated from Mussorgsky College of Music. Over the years Misha has studied piano with Valentina Nikiforova, Basya Kapustianskaya, Alexei Istrashkin, Evgeni Gashkov, Ella Volpe, Eugene Maslov. In 1989 Misha was invited by major Russian record label Melodiya and recorded an album "To My Friends". In 1990 Misha received prize-winner-diploma of the All-Russia Jazz Competition. In 1991 he was invited to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston by legendary vibraphonist Gary Burton and two years later he moved to New York. Misha worked and recorded with following projects: 1998 - 2008 - Norman Hedman's Tropique, recorded an album "Taken By Surprise" 2000 on Palmetto records and 'Garden Of Forbidden Fruit' 2003 on PowerLight Media, 2002 - present - Johnny Colon, recorded an album 'Keeping It Real' 2007, 2002 - present - Willie Martinez, recorded an album 'I Remember You' 2002, 'Family' 2005 and 'After Winter, Spring' 2008, 2003, 2004 - Chico Freeman, recorded an album "Out Of Many Comes The One" 2003 on Arabesque records, 2004 - Misha recorded an album "NGFOOT" (Nine Guys From Out Of Town), produced and directed by Stu Gardner, feat. Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker and Dave Valentin. 2004 - 2008 - Joe Chambers, recorded an album 'The Outlaw' 2005 on Savant records, In 2005 Misha performed 7 days in Half Note Jazz Club in Athens, Greece with Joe Chambers Quartet featuring Gary Bartz. 2007 - present - Papo Pepin, 2007 - present - Jed Levy, recorded an album 'Travelogue' 2011, 2007 - present - Hendrik Meurkens, recorded an album 'Samba To Go' 2009 on Zoho records, 'A Night In Jakarta' 2010 on Jawo Records, 'Live at Bird's Eye' 2011 on Zoho records and Hendrik Meurkens - Gabriel Espinosa 'Celebrando' 2012 on Zoho records. 2011 - with Myron Walden, did European tour with Myron Walden Quintet featuring Darren Barrett. As a leader Misha recorded 'Always Going West' 2007 and 'Dedication' 2011, featuring Alex Sipiagin on trumpet, Donny McCaslin on sax, Boris Kozlov on bass, Samuel Torres on percussion and Gene Jackson on drums. As a co-leader Misha recorded 'Tsiganov Brothers' 2003 and 'NY Alliance' 2010. Misha has performed at many international jazz festivals and clubs around the world, such as Carnegie Hall, Blue Note, Dizzy's, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, Birdland, Iridium, Minton's Playhouse, Smoke, 55 Bar, Smalls, Zing Bar, National Geographic Concert Hall (Washington DC), BLack Entertainment Television BET (Washington DC), Scullers (Boston), Jazz Bakery (Los Angeles), Java Jakarta Jazz Festival (Indonesia), Kansas City Jazz Festival, Topeka Jazz Festival, Barbados Jazz Festival, Panama Jazz Festival, Port-Au-Prince Jazz Festival (Haiti), Naguanagua Jazz Festival (Venezuela), Toulouse Jazz Festival (France), Jazz-Transfer Festival (Germany), St.Croix Jazz Festival, Festival JazzInKiev (Ukraine), Bird's Eye (Switzerland), Duc Lombards (France), Jazzkeller (Germany), Half Note Jazz Club (Greece), Petropavlovsky Jazz Festival, (St.Petersburg, Russia) and many others. Misha Tsiganov can be heard weekly as the featured pianist on the Bill Cosby television cartoon Little Bill, where Misha worked 1999-2002, which currently airs Monday-Friday on Nickelodeon on weekends on the CBS television network, which soundtrack features voice-overs by Phylicia Rashad, Rosie Perez, Gregory Hines, the late Madeline Kahn and Bill Cosby. His identifiable Little Bill piano sounds are also featured in Paramount Pictures / Viacom's newly released Little Bill videos, now available in stores throughout the country. Misha has performed and recorded with such musicians as Clark Terry, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Chambers, Gary Bartz, Hendrik Meurkens, John Faddis, Buster Williams, Claudio Roditi, Richie Cole, Alex Sipiagin, Dave
