in 1912, having arrived in vilnia, he became friends with famous writers, his aunt, lostovsky, yadviginlutskevich brothers. did translations. april 24 marks the 85th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher arkady eskin. he was born in kharkov in a family of musicians. he started playing jazz at the age of 13 in restaurant. during his career, he changed many famous groups, including accompanying leonid utesov. in 1980 , vladimir mulyavin invited arkady borisovich to join pesniary, as an arranger and performer, he took part in the creation of legendary pesniary programs: a song about share for the poems of kupala, at the top of his voice to the poems of vladimir mayakovsky and others. later there was work in the state concert orchestra of mikhail finberg. 3.5 years under contract, the pianist worked in europe as part of the ural dexelend, with whom he shone at many iconic festivals. here the lungs of europe breathe, the heart of belarusian woodland beats. our path lies, of course, to pinsk. we will learn more about this amazing region in t