Hi!
My name is Yana (Iana) Okhotenko

  • musician/composer and public figure from Russia
  • co-founder of the non-profit organization called "JazzAid"
  • promoter of jazz music
  • organizer of events related to jazz culture
I have been making music since childhood. I played my first concert at the age of 17 for the Science Film Festival at Moscow State University. Since 2003 I have been creating electronic music. In 2007, I created my first musical group playing rock and roll and blues. In 2008, I got into the world of jazz dances, and in 2012 we created a jazz band, which over the years of its existence has performed in Ukraine, Belarus, Israel, Lithuania and Poland.

I created several more musical projects, including my solo project YANA FM and a creative project called MO / MB (Musica Omnia / Музыка Всё), which was invented by me and my friend. Since 2018, I have been doing dance and music events and competitions for jazz dancers, for example, the Russian Jazz Dance Championship. In 2019 we created the non-profit organization called JazzAid which helps people to get acquainted with jazz culture through music and dance and supports talented jazz people. Also in 2019, we received a grant and held the Moscow Jazz Summer festival.

I took part in the big band of the State Musical College of Variety and Jazz Art. In 2019, we took third place in the "Piano in Jazz" competition and opened a gala concert at the Gnessin School.

At the beginning of 2020, I gave an interview at the Public Chamber, where my friend and colleague and I talked about JazzAid.

In 2021 I published the book "Do the Superheroes Feel Lonely?".

Before the pandemic, I finished work on the script and arrangements for my musical "Rhythm Changes", but the pandemic suspended active work on it, and then the 2022 began..
My jazz gigs
Desert Stomp 2016, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel
The Facepalmers
Swing Paradise 2017, Vilnius, Lithuania
The Facepalmers
Dragon Swing 2016, Krakow, Poland
The Facepalmers
Good Republic Co-working, Moscow, Russia
The Facepalmers
Short film evening in Krasnaya Presnya park, Moscow, Russia
The Facepalmers
Short film evening in Babushkinskiy park, Moscow, Russia
The Facepalmers
Mimosa Day, Moscow, Russia
The Facepalmers
Moscow Xmas Swingdance Camp 2015, Khimki, Russia
The Facepalmers ft. Naomi Uyama (USA)
Minsk Lindy Exchange 2016, Minsk, Belarus
The Facepalmers
The Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines, Moscow, Russia
Misha'n'Yana & Co Orchestra
The Library of Foreign Literature, Moscow, Russia
Misha'n'Yana & Co Orchestra
Jazz Midst, Moscow, Russia
Misha'n'Yana & Co Orchestra
Two Rivers Fest 2021, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
Misha'n'Yana & Co Orchestra
Povolzhye Cup 2016, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
Misha'n'Yana & Co Orchestra
Brass Band Festival 2016, Moscow, Russia
Misha'n'Yana & Co Orchestra
Moscow Open Swing Show Tournament 2016, Moscow, Russia
Misha'n'Yana & Co Orchestra
Piano In Jazz Contest: Ensemble Category, 2019, Moscow, Russia
Misha'n'Yana & Co Orchestra
MLX 2017, Minsk, Belarus
Misha'n'Yana & Co Orchestra
Piano In Jazz Contest: Big Band Category, 2019, Moscow, Russia
Half Big Band
Moscow Swing Dance Society, Moscow, Russia
Half Big Band
Russian Jazz Championship 2019, Moscow, Russia
Half Big Band
Russian Jazz Championship 2021: Final, Moscow, Russia
JazzAid Big Band
Russian Jazz Championship 2021: Jam, Moscow, Russia
JazzAid Big Band
Basie Meets Ellington, Moscow, Russia
JazzAid Big Band
My BandLinks
Последний запах на Земле
YANA
Просто скажи, что ты тоже
YANA FM ft. Denis Novikov
Прямые эфиры, или Симфония социального дистанцирования
MO/MB
В свете догорающей звезды на пороге нового дня
YANA FM
My projects
My dance project where people can learn the basics of lindy hop and jazz music
Dancing with the Stars
In 2016 I took part in the TV show "Dancing with the Stars" as a choreographer, and Nelly and Evgeny won that round.

They performed charleston to the "Crazy In Love" remix
Nelly Uvarova & Evgeny Rayev - Charleston
Musica Omnia / Музыка Всё
Part of our show dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of Woodstock in the famous Moscow rock club "16 Tons"
in 2021 i published a book "do the superheroes feel lonely?"

This book is LIKE a Facebook post for a Spotify playlist. We wander along the path of life, and unexpected encounters bring new colors to our lives and new mysteries that are difficult to unravel. This superhero story is a rendering of MEUTE's "You & Me", with the final scenes written to Duke Ellington ("Fontainebleau Forest") and Miles Davis ("In a Silent Way"). The story tells us that even if we are too different for this world, there is someone who will help us to be ourselves

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Some of my diplomas