Кирилл Покровский has been played on NTS in shows including Murlo, featured first on 7 December 2016. Songs played include Mysterious Guest and Divine Transcendence.

Kirill Pokrovsky was born in Moscow, the capital of the Soviet-Union. Kirill’s musical career began at the tender age of five when he took his first music lessons from his mother, an instructor and accomplished pianist. From that moment on music would determine Kirill’s entire life. Pokrovsky continued his studies at the Music School, where he learned to play the piano, the oboe and the saxophone. Then he started creating his first compositions.

After graduation he decided to make his way in the world of music as a composer. To develop his creativity he enrolled in Moscow’s conservatory, where he concentrated on music theory and composition. During the conservatories period Pokrovsky worked on his compositions, participated in different projects and bands. He embarked on diverse projects for film, television, radio, theatre etc. Never accepting the traditional barriers as a ‘classical composer’, Pokrovsky gained quite some success in jazz, rock, pop and other genres.

Since rock music in Russia was officially forbidden until 1986, recording two albums with a rock band “ARIA” in 1984/1985 and performing this music was a very big risk at that time, but it brought rapidly growing popularity to the band. Luckily Perestroika happened and by the end of 1986 the band gained enormous success. As a matter of fact it was the first officially recognised Russian rock band.