Classically trained in the Soviet Union, Artyom Yakushenko (violin) and Yuriy Matveyev (guitar) hail from Irkutsk, Siberia, where they spent many long, dark winters with nothing to do but practice, practice, practice.
The Iron Curtain couldn't hold out rock and roll, though, and soon Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles were sharing a gallon of vodka with Mozart and Tchaikovsky. The result? White Fort: a unique hybrid of rock, folk, and classical music, propelled by a Russian ethnic pulse and rocket fuel!
The "Two Siberians" have performed worldwide for 20+ years, from the Lincoln Center to the Kremlin.
