Владимир Голоухов

Vladimir Goloukhov is the founder of the PervoeSolnce band, a well-known vibraphonist, percussionist and composer. Since childhood, music has confidently entered his life, conquered, helped to look into himself and find his own, exceptional path in creativity. At the music school, Vladimir Goloukhov began with drums, moved from the big drum to the small drum, and mastered other instruments of this group. He gradually discovered in music not only rhythm, but also the beauty of harmony, melody, and the possibility of improvisation. It was the desire to combine them together that led him to a melodic, bright instrument, but at the same time having all the signs of a percussion vibraphone. While still a student (1990), Vladimir Goloukhov began playing in the Contemporary Music Ensemble. At the Gnessin Academy, he studied in the class of V.V. Fedin and, having graduated from it in 1992, he received a diploma in the specialization "Percussion Instruments of the Symphony Orchestra". For several years Goloukhov worked with Mark Pekarsky in his percussion ensemble. In 1991, the musician met the legendary Edison Denisov. This acquaintance was the beginning of their fruitful creative collaboration. In 1993, Goloukhov performed at the premiere of the Vibraphone, Piano and Flute Concerto with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Baumgartner. In parallel with jazz, the vibraphonist began to master the style of rock music, became interested in it, and was able to fit perfectly into the rock subculture. His collaboration with Garik Sukachev ("Brigada C") began. At the same time, he makes several recordings for the ChaiF, Bravo, and Spleen groups. Significant for personal development was the participation in the projects of Sergei Letov, a jazz saxophonist working in the style of fries. The musicians together created the soundtracks for the video anthology of the silent film star Vera Kholodnaya and the full-length silent film by A. Khanzhonkov and V. Goncharov "The Defense of Sevastopol", filmed in 1911. This joint project of Goloukhov and Letov "Silent Film - Live Music" received a presidential grant. As a composer, Goloukhov is known even to people far from the musical world, thanks to his music for the film "Baikal Seals" (2001) and the TV series "It Happens" (2008), as well as screensavers for some commercials, programs "Time" and "What? Where? When?". Among the popular jazz groups that invited Vladimir Goloukhov to cooperate: jazz-bass theater of Alex Rostotsky jazz trio Evgeny Grechishchev MUZZ group of accordionist Vlad Skandali fusion band Alicid Jazz. The famous vibraphonist worked in creative tandem with saxophonist Alexei Gerasimov, multi-instrumentalist Sergei Klemensky, vocalist and violinist Anna Chekasina, double bass player Yuri Golubev and many other famous Russian jazzmen. Vladimir Goloukhov's discography reflects his desire for experiments in various musical directions, from folklore to ambient fusion. In 2010, Vladimir came up with the Pervoe Solnce project. Initially, a course was taken for a multi-genre sound, not limited exclusively to the jazz mainstream. The sound is formed by jazz-rock drums and jazz double bass, classical guitar, cello and bop trumpet, melancholy accordion and bright harmonies of vibraphone. The group successfully tours in Russia, near and far abroad, performs at jazz festivals.