Artem Badenko
Saxophones, clarinets, Russian Federation

About the participant

RU, Rostov-on-Don

Born 5 января, 1998

Graduate of Children Jazz Music School named after Kim Nazaretov, Rostov-on-Don, Russia 2015. Studied at Prince Claus Conservatoire, Groningen, Netherlands 2016. Graduate of Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, USA 2019. Currently student at Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Studied with Andrey Machnev, Dino Govoni, George Garzone, Frank Tiberi, Jerry Bergonzi, Ralph Peterson, Neal Smith, Dave Santoro, Jack DeJohnette, Tia Fuller etc. Performed with Big Band named after Kim Nazaretov, George Garanyan Big Band, John Daversa, East-West European Jazz Orchestra, Joe Locke, Adam Nussbaum, Evgeny Pobozhy, Orrin Evans, Johnny O'Neal, Ralph Peterson's GenNext Big Band and many others. Participated in festivals such as Aqua Jazz (Sochi, Russia), Novi Sad Jazz Festival (Novi Sad, Serbia), Antalya Jazz Festival (Antalya, Turkey), Jazz in Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv, Israel), Rostov International Jazz Festival (Rostov-on-Don, Russia), Jazz in Minsk (Minsk, Belarus), GG Jazz Festival (Krasnodar, Russia), Langnau Jazz Nights (Langnau, Switzerland), Red Sea Jazz Festival (Elat, Israel), DC Jazz Festival (Washington, DC, USA). Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition third place winner 2019. Winner of Downbeat Magazine competition in Jazz Soloist category 2020. Ambassador of Remy Saxophones from 2018.