Olga Amelchenko was born in 1988 in Russia. She started singing in choir at the age of 5, and playing piano and Dombra two years later.

Between 2003 and 2006, she studied at the College of music in Abakan. After a year spent studying choir conducting, she switched to saxophone.

In 2006, Olga moved to Novosibirsk, where she studied jazz at the College of music. After graduating in 2010, she took classical saxophone lesson to expand her knowledge of the instrument.

In 2012, she moved to Cologne (Germany) where she studied for two years at the « Hochschule for Musik und Tanz » with Wolfgang Engstfeld.

Olga Amelchenko finished her bachelor study in February 2018 and a year later a master program of arrangement and composition in Jazz Institut Berlin where she was attending lessons with teachers such as Peter Weniger, Greg Cohen, and John Hollenbeck. Gathering experiences from her studies, as well as from her concerts and tours all over europe, Olga Amelchenko is now involved in berlin’s dynamic jazz scene, where she combines musical collaborations and her personal projects.

Projects

• Olga Amelchenko Quartet
• Z E N I T
• Olga Amelchenko Large Ensemble

Links

News

My first album “Shaping Motions” is released on Unit Records on the 11.05.2018

Dates

• 25.10.20 – Olga Amelchenko Quartet – Nedelfabrik – Aachen
• 5.12.19 – Olga Amelchenko Quartet – Berlin – Dujardin
• 27.11.19 – ONA – Donau 115 – Berlin – Germany
• 09.11.19 –  Musina Ebobisse Quintet – Jazz D’Or – Art Gallery – Strasbourg – France
• 25.09.19 – W/ Musina Ebobisse and Fyodor Stepanov – Hosek Contemporary – Berlin – Germany
• 18.09.19 – ONA – Donau 115 – Berlin – Germany
• 09.09.19 – Jazzy Monday – Twinpigs – Berlin – Germany
• 25.07.19 – ONA – Donau 115 – Berlin – Germany
• 10.06.10 – Jazzy Monday – Twinpigs – Berlin – Germany
• 08.06.19 –  Olga Amelchenko Quartet – Donau 115 – Berlin – Germany
• 10.05.19 – Markus Ehrlich Big Band – WABE – Berlin – Germany
• 06.05.19 – Jazzy Monday – Twinpigs – Berlin – Germany
• 01.05.19 – ONA – Donau 115 – Berlin – Germany
• 27.04.19 – Olga Amelchenko Quartet – Jazzahead – Bremen – Germany
• 09.04.19 – Jazzy Monday – Twinpigs – Berlin – Germany
• 03.04.19 – Olga Amelchenko Quartet – Zukunft am Ostkreuz – Berlin – Germany
• 28.03.19 – ONA – Donau 115 – Berlin – Germany
• 12.02.19 – Olga Amelchenko Large Ensemble – Berlin – Kunstfabrik Schlot – Germany
• 26.01.19 – Torshavnar Big Band -Vetrarjazz 2019- Faroe Island – Nordichaus – Germany
• 24.01.19 – Josef Zachariassen Kvartett -Vetrarjazz 2019 – Nordichaus – Faroe Island
• 18.01.19 – Thijs De Klijn Quintet  – Berlin – Donau 115 – Germany
• 9.01.18 – w/ Amelchenko, Ebobissé, Perminova, Theodorsson, Cholet – Zukunft am Ostkreuz
• 6.01.18 – QuatroFaqto – Berlin – Kunstfabrik Schlot
• 28.12.18 – Ralf Hesse Big Band – Berlin – Bflat
• 13.12.18 – Amelchenko, Ebobissé, Perminova, Navarro, Cholet Quintet  – Berlin – Kunstfabrik Schlot
• 27.11.18 – w/Musina Ebobissé, Juan Vallarroel, Philip Maniez – Paris – Au Chat Noir
• 25.11.18 – w/ Thijs De Klijn & Musina Ebobissé – Utrecht – Netherlands – Josef
• 24.11.18 – w/ Thijs De Klijn & Musina Ebobissé – Leiden – Netherlands – De twee Spiegels
• 23.11.18 – w/Musina Ebobisse, Thijs de Klijn, Matheus Nicolaiewsky, Willem Romers – Rotterdam – Netherlands – Kaapse Brouwers
• 20.11.18 – QuatroFaqto – Berlin – Café Tasso
• 12.10.18 – Musina Ebobissé Quintet – Berlin – Donau 115
• 28.09.18 – Hans Anselm Bigband – Berlin – Aufsturz
• 23.09.18 – Hans Anselm Bigband – Leipzig – die naTo
• 22.09.18 – Hans Anselm Bigband – Jena – International Jazzclub
• 17.08.18 – Olga Amelchenko Quartet – Berlin – Donau 115
• 6.08.18 – QuatroFaqto – Berlin – Kunstfabrik Schlot
• 21.06.18 – Thijs De Klijn Quintet  – Berlin – Kunstfabrik Schlot
• 12.06.18 – Hans Anselm Bigband – Berlin – Kunstfabrik Schlot
• 11.06.18 – Musina Ebobissé Quintet – Berlin – Kunstfabrik Schlot
• 2.06.18 –  Hans Anselm Bigband – MeerJazz Festival
• 12.05.18 – Natalie Greffel – Berlin – XJAZZ Festival
• 12.04.18 – Hans Anselm Bigband – Berlin –  Regenbogenfabrik
• 12.03.18 – Olga Amelchenko Large Ensemble – Berlin – Kunstfabrik Schlot
• 22.02.18 – QuatroFaqto – Berlin – Kunstfabrik Schlot
• 14.02.18 – Bachelor Recital concert – Berlin – Georg-Neumann-Saal des JIB am Einsteinufer
• 5.02.18 – Omniversal Earkestra – Berlin – Kultstätte Keller
• 4.02.18 – Olga Amelchenko Jazz-Quartet – Bernau – Pascal Cafe
• 25.01.18 – Amelchenko/ Reydet/ Dornbusch – Berlin – Hat Bar
• 22.01.18 – Omniversal Earkestra – Berlin – Kultstätte Keller
• 15.01.18 – Omniversal Earkestra – Berlin – Kultstätte Keller
• 08.01.18 – Omniversal Earkestra – Berlin – Kultstätte Keller
• 01.11.17 – QuatroFaqto – Berlin – Zukunft am Ostkreuz
• 19.10.17 – Anna Wohlfarth Big Band – Berlin – Georg-Neumann-Saal des JIB am Einsteinufer
• 28.09.17- Musina Ebobissé Quintet – Berlin – Kunstfabrik Schlot
• 30.07.17- Olga Amelchenko Quintet – Berlin – B Flat
• 10.07.17 – QuatroFaqto – Berlin – Kunstfabrik Schlot
• 26.05.17 – Moon Glow – Berlin
• 21.05.17 – Moon Glow – Berlin
• 27.04.17- Olga Amelchenko Quartet – Berlin – Dujardin
• 25.04.17 – Planet 9 – Berlin – Georg Neumann Sall
• 18.04.17- Mistral Quartet – Berlin – Café Tasso
• 31.03.17- Mistral Project – Moscow – Club-Restaurant San Diego
• 30.03.17 – Mistral Project – Moscow- Esse
• 29.03.17 – Mistral Project – Moscow – Dewar’s Powerhouse
• 23.03.17- Mistral Quartet – Paris – Au Chat Noir
• 10.03.17 – Planet 9 – Dessau – Dessau Jazz Festival
• 5.03.17  – Jazz Quartet – Bernau – Pascal Cafe
• 25.02.17- Thijs De Klijn Quintet-Berlin-Donau 115
• 4.01.17 – Moon Glow – Berlin – Swing Base
• 18.01.17- Olga  Amelchenko Quartet – Berlin – Zukunft am Ostkreuz
• 3.12.16- A Tribute to Barry White with Dwight Thompson- Berlin- A-Trane
• 2.12.16 – A Tribute to Barry White with Dwight Thompson- Berlin- A-Trane
• 6.11.16 – Nordost Jazz Trio – Bernau – Pascal Cafe
• 26.10.2016 – Zukunft am OstKreuz -Mistral Quartet

Contact

Questions / Booking inquires : olgaamelchenko21@gmail.com