Peter Ostroushko

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Name = Peter Ostroushko


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Birth_name = Peter Ostroushko
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Born = August 12, 1953
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Instrument = Mandolin, fiddle, guitar
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Genre = Americana, folk
Occupation = Musician
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Label = Rounder, Red House
Associated_acts = Robin and Linda Williams, Dean Magraw
URL = [http://www.peterostroushko.com/ www.peterostroushko.com]
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Peter Ostroushko (born August 12, 1953) is an American violinist and mandolinist.

Of Ukrainian ancestry, he grew up in northeast Minneapolis. He has released numerous recordings and is a regular performer on the "A Prairie Home Companion" radio program.

His first recording session was an uncredited mandolin player on Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks". [ [http://www.bjorner.com/DSN02710%201974%20Blood%20On%20The%20Tracks%20recording%20sessions.htm Blood on the Tracks recording sessions.] ] [A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks, Andy Gill, Kevin Odegard, Da Capo Press. 2004] He has toured with Robin and Linda Williams, Norman Blake and Chet Atkins. Ostroushko also worked with Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Johnny Gimble, Greg Brown, John Hartford among many others. He has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

Ostroushko's compositions have been performed by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Minnesota Sinfonia, the Rochester Symphony Orchestra, the Des Moines Symphony and the Kremlin Chamber Orchestra. Music from "Heart of the Heartland" was used by Ken Burns for the PBS documentary "Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery" and his arrangement of "Sweet Betsy from Pike" was used in Burns' "Mark Twain".

Ostroushko has appeared on television on "Austin City Limits", "Late Night with David Letterman", and "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood".

Discography

*"Sluz Duz Music" (1985) Rounder
*"Down the Streets of My Old Neighborhood" (1985) Rounder
*"Buddies of Swing" (1986) Red House
*"Blue Mesa" (1989) Red House
*"Duo" (1991) Red House (with Dean Magraw)
*"Heart of the Heartland" (1995) Red House
*"Pilgrims on the Heart Road" (1997) Red House
*"Sacred Heart" (2000) Red House
*"Coming Down from Red Lodge" (2003) Red House
*"Minnesota: A History of the Land" (2005) Red House
*"The Heartland Holiday Concert" (2005) Red House
*"Postcards" (2006) Red House
*"The Mando Boys Live: Holstein Lust" (2006) Borderland
*"Lifescapes/Bluegrass"

References

External links

* [http://www.peterostroushko.com/ Peter Ostroushko official site]
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