Biography:

Yuri Vasilyevich Parfyonov (Russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Парфёнов; January 19, 1946 – June 23, 2025) was a Russian jazz musician.[1]

Parfyonov was born on January 19, 1946 in Bulgakovo. He began to play the trumpet in the brass band of the Palace of Pioneers in Frunze (now Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan). He graduated from the Frunze Music College, and then the Tashkent State Conservatory.[2] In 1984, he relocated to Balashikha, Moscow.[3]

Beginning in 1984, Parfyonov worked in Oleg Lundstrem‘s orchestra, but occasionally assembled an ensemble to perform his own music. In 1992, he joined the free jazz ensemble “Three Ols” by Sergei Letov.[4]

He became a Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (1997).[5]

From 2011, he was a member of the group Auktyon.[6]

He died on June 23, 2025 at the age of 79.[7]

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