Igor Butman Jazz Orchestra of Moscow out

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree on the establishment of the Moscow Jazz Orchestra under the renowned saxophonist, People's Artist of Russia Igor Butman, a source in the city administration. "The orchestra was founded in order to create favorable conditions for the preservation and development of national jazz" - told RIA Novosti. Igor Butman produced for 11 years Butman the largest jazz festival in Russia - "Triumph of Jazz" and as part of the Cultural Olympiad - a festival "AkvaDzhaz" in Sochi, runs his own record label Butman Music, is the head of two jazz centers in Moscow. In 2009, saxophonist the Golden Disk from the National Federation of the Phonographic Industry for selling over 15,000 copies of the album in Russia. For Excellence in June 2004 Butman was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art. Early November 2011, it was the title of People's Artist of Russia award.