Polina Shepherd


She grew up with singing at family gatherings where she accompanied her grandfather, a WWII veteran and her whole Cossack / Jewish family from the age of 7. Whilst living in Tatarstan, Central Russia in the 1980-1990s, she was one of the visible young music activists during her student years. By her early 20s she was a choir and band leader, composer, singer, an international touring musician, educator and festival organiser.

Now living in the UK, she continues to be an international culture maker, to open this culture and to connect it to the rest of the global village.

As a solo performer, she presents a variety of traditional and original songs in Russian, Yiddish and English.
Polina's composition is focused on East European styles with an influence of classical music and folk elements. About 120 pieces including music for theatre shows, choir compositions, settings for Yiddish poems are performed by soloists and choirs all over the world.

Her choral work is united by the umbrella of The Polina Shepherd Vocal Experience and covers many aspects of vocal music from large scale choirs to smaller chamber groups, from highly arranged and conducted pieces to on spot choral improvisation. Leader of the Award Winning Russian choir of Brighton & Hove since 2007, The London Russian Choir since 2013. Music Co-Director of Caravan Orchestra and Choir: a German - Israeli youth project (2019 - 2023), where Polina experiments with creating musical forms on the spot with a 40+ group of musicians with classical, jazz and Arab music backgrounds.

Polina's involvement in theatre includes various shows, including the latest work as Music Advisor and Recording Artist for the Gecko Theatre production Kin (2022). In cinema, she recorded soundtracks for The Windermere Children (2020) and appears conducting her choir and singing in The Crown (2022).

Polina's recent and, so far, the most ambitious project is 150 Voices, a recorded collaboration with the lead singer of the Grammy-winning The Klezmatics Lorin Sklamberg and five choirs in the UK and the USA. The Sklamberg - Shepherd Duo offer workshopping and performing this programme of East European choral material with any group or choir in the world.

More information:
Main website: www.polinashepherd.co.uk
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/polinashepherd
Bandcamp: https://polinashepherd.bandcamp.com/music
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/polinashepherd/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/polinashepherd
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polinashepherd/


Email: polina_shepherd@yahoo.co.uk

Website :
www.polinashepherd.co.uk

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