Tracks with Tatiana Efremova
Erik co-wrote the music for Tatiana Efremova’s single “Üz köyeñ” (2024) and for tracks from “Sak-Sok Live”: “Ülep terelü”, “Quät alu”, “Yaña bashtan”, “Iyälär”, “Küchesh”.
Artistic work
Music & projects
Music for theatre, dance and performance, the TUULI ensemble, albums and collaborations — from the Golden Mask to underground galleries.
Collaborations
Selected projects
Selected projects and collaborations — only part of 20 years of work on stage. Full list and recordings on request.
Big stage · 2026
International Youth Festival
Erik performed compositions recorded together with the band Therr Maitz on the main stage of the International Youth Festival (Yekaterinburg, September 2026). A huge arena, orchestra, choir and dancers — and a live frame drum broadcast on Channel One Russia.
Watch the Channel One broadcast excerpt →
Theatre / Dance
“DÖR”
Co-composer (with Sugder Ludup and Spyridon Melas). The production received 5 Golden Mask nominations (2023), including Best Work of a Composer in Musical Theatre. Performed at the Musical Theatre of the Republic of Karelia (at the theatre’s invitation), in Moscow at the Golden Mask festival and at GES-2.
Featured in: Russia 1 Karelia TV report
Discuss a project →
Performance
“Sak-Sok”
Music and live accompaniment. Audience Award at the international festival Context. Diana Vishneva (2020), Golden Mask long list (2022). Also featured at the OPEN LOOK festival (Alexandrinsky Theatre, St Petersburg). The album is available on streaming platforms.
Listen on Spotify →
Dance · Grand Prix · 2021
“Wild Child”
Composer and the only live musician in the production by choreographer Marat Kazikhanov. Grand Prix of the Klyuchi experimental dance festival (Gorky Moscow Art Theatre, 2021).
Watch the video →Also onYouTube
Dance · Performance
“Chabata” — a Tatar-Spanish performance
A project with choreographer Gulsina Galimullina and dancer Alsu Magsumzyanova: the Tatar folk dance “Chabata” meets flamenco, to live music: percussion, guitar and accordion. Premiered in June 2021 on the Kaban Lake embankment in Kazan as part of the city project “Khärәkәttә — bärәkәt”. The performance became popular and was recently staged again at the Sälät camp. Another joint work — a performance based on the Tatar dance “Yarmәk vagy”.
Performance · 2026
“Ak Tash” — The White Stone
A performance and light installation in the galleries next to the ancient Yuryevskaya Cave (Kamskoye Ustye, Tatarstan), August 2026, as part of the Kürshe festival. Based on the legend of Aktash: the audience follows a route and becomes part of the action. Music written and performed by Erik Markovsky. Directed by the ANGROD art group.
Covered by: AiF Kazan · UNIVER TV report
Watch the dance part →
India
Battle of Bands International
A TV show on India’s national channel DD National. Erik performed with the band Beats of Love, played frame-drum solos and shared the stage with legendary Indian singers Suresh Wadkar and Raja Hasan. The recordings were released by the Indian label Saregama: three tracks with Beats of Love and “Lagi Aaj Sawan Ki” with Suresh Wadkar and Raja Hasan.
Theatre / Dance
“Karakuz”
A choreographic performance by the Freestyle contemporary dance studio (Almetyevsk), inspired by the Turkic legend of the warrior Karakuz. Premiered on 4 September 2021 at the Karakuz festival, then shown at the Almetyevsk Drama Theatre. Direction and choreography by Marsel and Maria Nuriev; music by Erik Markovsky, Sugdyr Ludup and Sofia Ozcan; studio artistic director Maxim Apraksin.
Featured in: Tatar-inform
Watch the performance →Also onYouTube
Music
Albums & releases
Albums, theatre scores and collaborations — on Spotify, Apple Music and other platforms.
Releases
Scores and collaborations
“Karakuz” — music for the performance
Music for the choreographic performance by the Freestyle studio (Almetyevsk). Composers: Erik Markovsky, Sugdyr Ludup, Sofia Ozcan.
Battle of Bands International
Recordings for the TV show on India’s national channel DD National, Saregama label, 2025: three tracks with the band Beats of Love and “Lagi Aaj Sawan Ki” with Suresh Wadkar and Raja Hasan.
All of Erik’s releases
Albums, singles and collaborations — on all streaming platforms.
Stage
Performances
Festivals, television and big stages — with videos and press coverage.
Video
Videos about the projects
Trailers, reports and documentaries about the productions and performances.
Press
What the critics say
The projects have been covered by Kommersant, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Snob, BUSINESS Online, Buro 24/7, Colta and other media.
“A native of Karelia, percussionist Erik Markovsky, with his bendir, daf and Indian ghungroo ankle bells, embraces the whole of Asia”
“Within seconds the audience sinks into a genuine trance, starts swaying along with the musicians and beating out a clear rhythm…”
“This is not a spectacle but a real ‘black hole’: a closed space saturated with sonic, visual and bodily energies”
«TUULI is an improvisational music project, where both the viewer and the musician become witnesses to the birth of the composition»
“And it is very important to say that this performance would not have happened without the musicians — Sugder, Erik, Spiridon”
“…the production was enhanced by the musicians Islam Valiev, Erik Markovsky and Zarina Valdanova”
For journalists and organizers: press kit — bio, high-resolution photos, PDF →
Contact
Contact
Lessons, concerts and booking, studio, press — get in touch any way you like.
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