A&G Academy

An accordion and a double bass, and the twenty metres of stage between them.

A&G Academy grew out of two things Singapore already had: the Accordion Singapore community, and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Aleks brought the accordion's folk memory; Guennadi brought a bass line you feel through the floor. Together they perform, and together they teach.


Aleks Farseev

The A

Aleks Farseev

Accordion & bayan

Born and trained in Russia, Aleks founded the Accordion Singapore community and has spent years arguing — mostly with the instrument, occasionally with audiences — that the accordion is not a novelty. His playing moves between classical, Russian folk, tango and jazz without treating any of them as a costume.

He has performed across Europe and Asia, is a repeat prize-winner at international competitions, and has taught over a hundred students in Singapore, several of whom now hold international awards of their own. He also built and maintains the free Accordion Score Library.

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Guennadi Mouzyka

The G

Guennadi Mouzyka

Double bass

Born in Vladikavkaz and trained in Moscow — graduating with honours from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatoire — Guennadi played with the USSR Ministry of Culture State Symphony Orchestra under Rozhdestvensky and was Sub-Principal Double Bass of the Moscow Philharmonic before joining the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in 1992, where he is Principal Bass.

As a recitalist his repertoire runs from Baroque to contemporary. He gave the Singapore premieres of Anne LeBaron's Inner Voice and Tan Chan Boon's Natural — written for him — and represented Singapore in the worldwide premiere of Andres Martin's Anna's Promise. He has played with the Yo-Yo Ma Silk Road Ensemble, the T'ang Quartet and the Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic, and is Artist Faculty at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, giving masterclasses across Europe, Asia and the United States.

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Together

What a booking sounds like.

A set is built for the room, not for us. A drinks reception gets musette and light tango; a dinner gets Russian folk that people half-recognise and can't place; a concert gets Piazzolla played properly. Add Kseniia and it becomes the trio.

Duo

Accordion and double bass. 30–90 minutes, acoustic in most rooms, amplified outdoors.

Trio de Tango

The newest programme, with Kseniia. Piazzolla, Gardel, classic tango. See the trio page →

Teaching

Accordion, bayan, double bass and chamber coaching, beginner to conservatory audition. Lessons →

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