New Interview with Prog Keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij

For several years now, I have been doing a long-running series of interviews with musicians and vocalists that have been part of Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Since Vitalij has quite the history in his own right with prog-metal bands Artension and Ring of Fire, I thought some here might have an interest in this one.

Some of the subjects we covered:

- His musical background, including studying in Ukraine, Russia and Switzerland
- That one special album that turned him onto rock
- Balancing his Classical studies and work with the neo-classical rock side
- Performing with Savatage at Wacken 2015
- His recent co-written song for TSO, King Rurik
- Writing and recording his new solo release
- The imminent return of Artension

Direct Link to interview: http://musicandartinterviews.blogspot.com/2016/06/vitalij-kuprij.html

octopus-4 wrote: I suggested him for inclusion on PA, I think in 2010. Now that even Malmsteen is in the archives, I think Vitalij  deserves a page here.

Edited by danfromnj - July 19 2016 at 20:49

Not as solo artist for what I know. He's now playing in Trans-Siberian Orchestra (featured on PA as well as his former band Artension) and is part of the Vivaldi Metal Project which has released four CDs (the four seasons of course).