Drumset/Percussion

Tolkin graduated from Tashkent State Conservatory obtaining a Master's degree in Music and also a post graduation degree (PHD) at the Moscow State Conservatory. He has been a timpanist and percussionist for 13 years with the National Symphonic Orchestra of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the senior teacher of percussion and the Dean of the orchestral faculty at the Tashkent State Conservatory in Uzbekistan. His performance skills and pedagogical practices are of the highest level.

He has been a solo percussion performer for international concerts and festivals, an ensemble soloist for international concerts and competitions and a teacher of music clinics and workshops at universities and colleges throughout the Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Turkey, Russia, the Central Asian countries of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Austria, France Germany, Switzerland, Greece and the United States.  Tolkin has worked as musical director and performer with the internationally renowned Ensemble "Yalla," the National Ensemble of Uzbekistan. Tolkin has been an arranger, studio folk percussionist and musical programmer for Studio Audio Records. He has performed many clinics and concerts all throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

Works:

• Adjunct professor of percussion instruments at St. Charles Community College and at Mozingo Music.
• Teaches more than 50 different percussion instruments.
• Performances, Master classes and lectures for Universities of USA ( Utah State University, Minnesota University, University Wisconsin-Madison, University of California Santa Barbara, and others).
• Made folk songs, drum part and solo arrangements for The University of California Santa Barbara Middle East Ensemble. Composed and recorded Rhythm Song for the dance department of Utah State University
• Worked with REMO company to design a frame drum doira (has an exclusive frame drum doira with synthetic had made by REMO Company)
• Locally he is performing as a timpanist, percussionist and drumset contract performer.
  Since beginning of his teaching carrier until now he has had several hundreds students, some of them working as teachers or performer contractors in different parts of the world such as Korea, Germany, Greece, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, USA and others. His 2 students are international competition winners.