Dear Friends, we are writing to you to seek help for our friend Alexei Zimakov, an outstanding guitarist who has recently lost eight of his fingers. His art was exceptional, his influence as a musician on the development of guitar music and motivation of the young musicians was enormous....
Herewith we include information about it. We thought it is important to write about this because we know him personally and many of you know who we are. The help action is provided partly by Guitar Foundation of America http://www.guitarfoundation.org/news/116861/GFA-Accepting-Donations-for-Alexey-Zimakov-Benefit-Fund.htm on the Russian Side it is led by Olga Anohina, his long time colleague and the person who literally raised him since he lost his parents early. Here are some links that show the level of this musician, just to give an idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4sK2ZANID4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYPOR-kn-c8 you will easilly find more stuff on the net. It looks like besides financial help the logistic Ideas how to help this musician are also needed. There is so much abuse on the net in the field of charity etc, that it feels important to personaly certify the situation is REAL. We have spoken to Mrs. Anohina personally 10 min ago. We know her and we know Alex, it is so tragic that there are no words to discribe this in full. Yours Truly, LUTEDUO. Anna Kowalska & Anton Birula www.luteduo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
