Sasha Mashin
Russian drummer Sasha Mashin will hold a free masterclass presenting his in-depth drumming workshop. In this first meeting dedicated to Drum students of all levels, we will talk about the approach to the learning process: how to learn to learn.
What is the way to learn more efficiently and faster; how not to be a drummer but a musician; like “don't waste time” literally and figuratively.
Masterclass Sasha Mashin
Friday, May 12th, 2023
h 06:30 p.m. – 08:30 p.m.
Saint Louis via urbana, 49/a
Free entrance by booking writing to francesca@slmc.it
Sasha Mashin was born in 1976 in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1991 he joined the Kvadrat jazz club, where he met many jazz musicians from St. Petersburg and in 1998 he moved to Moscow, where he collaborated with some of the best Russian jazz musicians.
In 2005 Sasha Mashin participates in the Open World Program USA educational program in New York and plays with legends such as Clark Terry, Kenny Barron and Jimmy Heath at the Blue Note Jazz Club.
Since 2008 he has been traveling around the world with the Isfar Sarabski band.
Sasha Mashin has performed with a long list of musicians such as Benny Golson, Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Kenny Barron, Johnny Griffin, LewTabackin, James Spaulding, Eddy Henderson, Steve Slagle, Gary Smulyan, Larry Schneider, Mark Turner, Donny McCaslin, Rosario Giuliani, Alex Sipiagin, Isfar Sarabski, Dhafer Youssef and many others.
Since February 2022 he has lived in Italy and collaborated with Alex Sipiagin, Rosario Giuliani, Antonio Farao', Robert Bonisolo, Pietro Tonolo, Paolo Birro, Mauro Negri, Michele Calgaro, and Dado Moroni.