Artist Info: Kostarev

Recognized as one of the finest Russian rock-fusion guitarists among his peers, Alexander Kostarev was born on July 1, 1954 in Yekaterinburg. Possessor of various playing-techniques and a distinctive hard-edged sound, Kostarev is a masterful improviser and composer whose music generally falls somewhere between classically inspired art-rock, fusion, and avant-prog. Not only he was a pioneer of rock-music in the USSR, but his own group was among “big four” of Russian all-instrumental units of the 80s along with DO MAJOR [read more...]