Salon 10 proudly presents Evgeny & Yukako Quartet featuring two superb jazz piano virtuosos: Evgeny Lebedev (Moscow) and Yukako Yamano (Tokyo) supported by two of Hong Kong's best jazz musicians: CY Leo on Harmonica and Anthony Fernandes on Drums. This would be the first time these great musicians are performing together! Don't miss this rare opportunity!

About the artists

Evgeny Lebedev

Evgeny Lebedev is the winner of the International Jazz Performers Competition in Belgium, the winner of the piano competition in Montreux (Switzerland), the Made in New York Jazz Competition (USA) and the winner of the special prize of Afisha magazine, a graduate of Berkeley College. Being an active concert musician, Evgeny is also a member of the Moscow Union of Composers and a teacher at the Igor Butman Jazz Academy. The musician took part in the largest jazz festivals in the world: North Sea Jazz, Jazz Masters (Netherlands), Jazz a Juan (France), Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Tanglewood Jazz Festival (USA), Jazz Hoeilaart, Brussels Jazz Weekend (Belgium). Collaborated with jazz stars of the first magnitude: Jack DeJohnette, Marcus Miller, Lenny White, Randy Brecker, David Sanchez, Joe Lovano, David Futchinsky, Kenwood Denard, Terry Lyne Carrington, George Garzone. 

Currently, Evgeny performs mainly as part of the LRK Trio, together with bassist Anton Revnyuk and drummer Ignat Kravtsov. The ensemble became one of the most exported Russian jazz ensembles: their tour routes ran through Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Switzerland, the USA, Japan, South Korea, Norway, Portugal plus performances at many Russian festivals and concert venues.

Most of the trio's music is author's. It is written by all three members of the ensemble. In 2017, the trio released their first international album "If You Have a Dream", which immediately received good press around the world. In Russia, the album "If you have a Dream" was released by Butman Music Records, and on the world market it is represented by the Norwegian label Lost Records. The album was named the "Jazz Album of the Year" by the Russian Union of Music Critics, was presented in the list of recommended recordings of the Commonwealth of European jazz magazines — Europe Jazz Media Chart, and then brought the Russian ensemble a Special jury Award in the Made in New York jazz competition.

Yukako Yamano(山野 友佳子) 

Yukako Yamano first started studying music piano at the Yamaha Music School when she was three. As her passion for music was growing, she entered the high school attached to Tokyo College of Music, then Tokyo College of Music in classical piano major. At the age of eighteen, in the meantime, her expanding interest for music let her learn jazz music and soon began live performances to play her own compositions. While she attended the university, she grew as a musician steadily by studying classical piano with Akiko Kodaka and Junko Inada , and jazz piano with Eriko Shimizu and Yuichi Inoue. Attending the master class taught by a classical pianist Peter Jablonski also helped her for deeper understanding of music. On February 2013, she released her first album entitled “1st Stage” with Koichi Osamu on bass and Manabu Fujii on drums. She toured all over Japan successfully with it, and people got aware of the rising star pianist. On June 2015, she released her second album “2nd Stage” with the same personnel. She also wrote her columns on a newspaper “Yomiuri Premium” published during September 2015 to April 2016, which contributed to make new jazz music lovers. On September 2019, she received an invitation from UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and performed successfully in Cameroon for 300 refugees. On May 2022, she became the first Japanese pianist to perfom on a Somali TV program. On November 2022, She released US debut album ”7 Years Of Luck! ”. Since she started playing music professionally, she has been playing at many venues and jazz festivals around the world.