Julia Kosterova: Music Legends Interview

Julia Kosterova
My interview in the Music Legends Mag http://www.juliakosterova.com/?p=290: an update on my record, my gear, shows and some little known facts)  #LAG #Hughes&Kettner #Pro Tools — with Julia KosterovaJulia Kosterova andMichel Lâg.


What would be some of your main influences?
At the age of three I remember myself listening to Bach organ music and that’s what I wanted to play, but there was no space in the room even for an upright piano. However, we had a guitar – as my dad played guitar -  that I found a cool option as well.  There are many influences. Starting from the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Santana when I first picked guitar as a kid and digging further through blues, jazz, classical on one side and from classic rock to metal fusion on the other. Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Deep Purple,  Led Zeppelin, Queen, Whitesnake, Yngwie Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore, Steve Vai, Tony MacAlpine, Frank Gambale, Steve Lukather, Van Halen, Dream Theater, Planet X – just to name a few.  Also Wes Montgomery, George Benson,  Lee Ritenour, Allan Holdsworth, Scott Henderson and many many more, not only guitarists. I’ve been writing music in different styles since I started playing.  Also at the jazz college I had music composition as one of my specializations – that really broadens one’s perception of music beyond what one would do as an instrumentalist.  My energy is explosive when I play, more on the stadium rock side, but with love and knowledge of all this beautiful music I’m creating my own version of melodic power prog.

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