|  Arcady 
          Kirichenko (16.04.1956) was born in Novoshakhtinsk, Russia. Studied at the Moscow Military Music School (at the same time as 
          Arkady Shilkloper). In 1978 was graduated from Moscow Gnessins Music 
          College. Later studied in Kazan Conservatory and in the Institute of 
          Culture.
 Since 1979 started to play jazz and jazz rock music (Alexander 
          Eisenstadt improvising music ensemble).
 1983 - 1988 played in Moscow-based Dixieland band - Lev Lebedev's 
          Capella Dixie (many festivals in USSR and a festival in Dresden, 
          former East Germany).
 1984 - 1986 - worked as an actor and musician at Mossoviet Theatre (in 
          the musical after Berthold Brecht's "Mann ist Mann", directed by Mark 
          Weil).
 Since 1984 - perpetual participant on the musicals by composer Sergey 
          Dreznin ("Ophelia", etc.).
 In 1985, Kirichenko, together with Sergey 
          Letov and Arkady Shilkloper, founded "intuitive 
          music ensemble" TRI-O which toured Russia, USA, Europe: venues like 
          the Knitting Factory, Anyway (New York), Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Blue 
          Tomato (Vienna), Sud des Alpes (Geneve), Moods, Rote Fabrik (Zurich).
 
           Since 1987 (as the member of TRI-O): participant of the music + 
          spoken word shows by actor Alexander Filippenko. Since 1987 Arcady Kirichenko played at the Pop Mechanics by Sergey 
          Kuryokhin.
 1988 - 1989: worked as the music director of USSR Theatre Union's 
          Theatre of Impovisation (directed by Oleg Kisselev.)
 1986 - 1991: Arcady Kirichenko regularly performed at the School of 
          Dramatic Art by Anatoly Vassiliev, and also at many performances of 
          Poetry Club with such poets as Dmitry Alexandrovich Prigov, Gennady 
          Katsov, Andrey Turkin, Yuliy Gugolev, Tatiana Shcherbina, Nina 
          Iskrenko, Konstantin Kedrov, Elena Katsyuba, Lyudmila Hodynskaya, 
          Alexander Yeremenko, Ivan Zhdanov,
 Alexei Parshchikov, Vladimir Druk a.o.
 Arcady Kirichenko was the participant of the 1st festival of jazz 
          vocalists in Novosibirsk (1990).
 
  Since 
          1991 Arcady P. FreeMan lives in USA (New York). His change of 
          residence he explained as his desire to touch the roots of jazz, to 
          feel the spirit of the world capital of jazz, to listen and to see his 
          favorite musicians. America made him several presents, like the 
          acquaintance with his compatriots - Boris Rayskin, Ilya Faingersh, Yan 
          Troyanovsky, the Obermaneken group etc., with whom he performed in New 
          York' clubs and cafes (the Knitting Factory, Anyway, CBGB a.o.), and 
          also with such American musicians as Thomas Chapin, Cara Silvernail, 
          Richard Thomson, LaDonna Smith, Steve Swell, a.o. In 1996, together with Boris Rayskin and Yury Zmorovich ,Arcady 
          FreeMan took part in the Birmingham Improv Festival in Birmingham (Alabama). 
          Since 1997 A.F. is the steady participant of the International 
          Festival SKIF, dedicated to the memory of Sergey Kuryokhin (in TRI-O 
          and with other groups).
 
  In 
          2000 in New York he released his solo album "Tuba Mirum Unlimited, Inc.". In 2000 Arcady, under his first name an patronymic, Arcady Petrovich, 
          was the jazz DJ at New York Russian Radio. Also he is known as 
          organizer of a club that unites all nations.
 Since 2005, Arcady P. FreeMan live in Russia and regularly tours all 
          around the world.
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