CULTURE
Music Creative Lab - free space for recordings and concerts.
The Music Lab is a free space for recording and concerts, a residence for musicians, programs for distributing tracks on the Internet and issuing private grants to musicians.
  • Project time:
    from April 2017 to the present
  • Project duration:
    (4.5 years)
  • List of total costs for the entire duration of the project:
    € 71,550
  • List of participants with a brief description of their role within the project:
    Andrey Lubalin \ curator of the project

    Andrey Horn \ sound designer

    Poul Terras \ saxophone

    Kirill Venediktov \ instrumentalist

    Herbert Morales \ artist, musician, composer

    Maria Lewandovskaya \ pianist

    Anton Konoplya \ clarinetist

    Leo Chelyapov \ clarinetist

    Alexander Cheparukhin \ producer \ composer

    Alexander Gordeev \ producer \ accordion player

    Vladimir Khlopovsky \ composer \ guitarist \ pianist

    Anton Martynov \ composer

    Konstantin Fedorov \ composer \ musician

    Tatyana Litvinenko \ singer

    Krcko Fahrudin Krkic \ DJ \ Musician

    Jioty Supernaturel \ composer \ artist \ illusionist

    Abror Nazarov \ musician

    Daler Nazarov \ composer \ musician

    Bert Rogers \ composer \ musician

    Chaek \ composer \ musician \ guitarist

    Valery Lunichkin \ guitarist

    Rudrag Shiva \ DJ \ Musician \ Sitar

    Denis Sadler / DJ

    Tatiana Telichko \ teacher \ musician

    Anatoly Winter \ bassist

    Katerina Leonova \ singer \ actress

    Timur Mangol \ musician \ artist

  • Explanation of the reasons and necessity for the project:
    The purpose of the Creative Laboratory is to assist in the development of personal creative potential and the exchange of experience among musicians from different countries.
    During the activity of the Creative Laboratory, dozens of songs and instrumental compositions have been written that combine the musical traditions of different peoples of the world. The vast geography of the participants, different levels of musical training, made it possible to create unique material filled with the simplicity of the beginner's presentation, the drive of experienced musicians and the melody of virtuosos.
  • Step-by-step description of the project process:
    During the residence of the musician, they are provided with the necessary material support in order to maximize concentration on creativity.

    Lab members have access to instruments and a recording studio. They can use the resources and premises of the Foundation for concerts, and their promotional activities. All the music of the Creative Laboratory remains freely available on the Foundation's website, as well as available on leading streaming platforms.

    Fond give assistance in the development of personal creative potential in interstyle collaborations and the exchange of experience of musicians from different countries.
  • outcome of the project:
    Musicians were given the opportunity to create and record tracks in a pandemic, as well as conditions in which they may not think about covering basic needs. An environment of free creativity, constructive, fruitful interaction of people from different countries was created at the residence.
    Dozens of songs and instrumental compositions were written, combining musical directions of blues, jazz, electronics and folklore.