Oleg Pissarenko is a distinguished and original Estonian guitarist and composer who is known both as a creator of jazz-minimalism and philosophical jazz as well as a charismatic stage performer. As a visionary organiser, he has led the establishment of Tartu Jazz Club, Tartu Jazz and Rhythm Music Festival IDeeJazz and jazz music education in Tartu. Oleg Pissarenko was born on July 8, 1978, in the Estonian town of Narva. He is an Estonian guitarist, band leader, jazz and rhythm music culture activist and pedagogue. Pissarenko makes original music that has been called jazz minimalism or music in its simple and natural form as well as hypnagogic minimalism and post-rock jazz. He has published 7 albums as an author and collaborated with many other renowned artists. Pissarenko has performed on stages and festivals of jazz in Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, Finland, Russia, Latvia and Lithuania. He is also the founder, head and teacher of the Heino Eller Tartu Music School’s department of rhythm music, as well as an organiser of jazz events – initiator, artistic director and leading organiser of Tartu Jazz Club, artistic leader of the concert series “Rajamuusika” and main organiser of Tartu jazz and rhythm music festival IDeeJazz. Since 2010, Pissarenko is a member of board at the Estonian Jazz Association. At the beginning of the same year, he has brought weekly music shows “Park of Jazz” to the listeners of Radio 4, where Estonian jazz music and musicians are presented together with good jazz from the rest of the world. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Oleg+Pissarenko">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.