Aleksandr Alexandrovich Kolpakov (Russian: Александр Александрович Колпаков; (born 15 February 1943 in Buzuluk, Orenburg Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian guitarist, singer and composer.

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Aleksandr Kolpakov Александр Колпаков
Alexander and Vadim Kolpakov with Madonna, during Sticky & Sweet Tour in 2008
Born	Aleksandr Alexandrovich Kolpakov (1943-02-15) 15 February 1943 (age 79) Buzuluk, Orenburg Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Guitarist singer composer
Title	Merited Artist of the Russian Federation

Biography

Coming from a Servo family, a group of Romani people found mostly in Russia and Ukraine, he started playing a seven string guitar at an early age while living in the region of Saratov. Having moved twenty years ago to Moscow, he played in several groups but worked mostly in the Romen Theatre, the only Romani theater in existence in the world.

Kolpakov also engages in independent projects, such as playing with the Kolpakov Trio, the first Russian Romani ensemble to tour North America in the post-communist period. His nephew, Vadim Kolpakov has mastered the seven-string guitar and has been a member of the Kolpakov Trio since 1994.

As a soloist and composer, Rodava Tut is Sasha's first record, published by Opre, a Swiss label dedicated to the promotion of Romani music. His music is typical of what one could listen to while spending an evening at home with Roma. Some of the songs are several hundred years old.

External links

• Romen Theater at the Wayback Machine (archived October 26, 2009)
• Sasha Kolpakov's bio in Guitarists and Compositors Illustrated Encyclopedia (in Russian)

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[ru] Колпаков, Александр Александрович