Hi there, I’m Sergei Z

Sergei Ziryanov is a guitar player, composer, arranger, educator, and songwriter in Los Angeles. His song "Descend", written in collaboration with DJ Jamonja, peaked at number one on the Rock Delux magazine in Spain.

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Sergei’s influences include rock music of the 1990's and guitar shredders like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and John Petrucci. He is also inspired by such jazz virtuosos as John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Esperanza Spalding, as well as classical composers like Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi and Niccolo Paganini. Sergei can perform in a wide variety of musical genres including rock, blues, jazz, pop, funk, R’n'B and soul.

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At Berklee College of Music he earned a master certificate in guitar, won a “Celebrity Scholarship” in the name of Steve Vai, and became a students’ mentor. At Los Angeles City College (LACC), Sergei received both an Associate’s of Arts degree and a Herb Alpert Music Academy completion award in guitar performance. His awards and scholarships include the LACC Music Academy Outstanding Performance, the Dean’s Honor in Recognition of Outstanding Scholastic Achievement, and the David Alpert award among others. Sergei was a teaching assistant for commercial guitar course, one of the founders of LACC’s Vermont Avenue Records, and is now a music theory, harmony and musicianship tutor. He also won the Fender Play Loud Contest special award. In 2022, Sergei participated in the Summer Music Study Abroad program in Spain. Currently, he is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Commercial Music at Cal State LA.

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Sergei has performed and toured with multiple original and cover bands including ScreamDriver, original instrumental progressive rock, and Deuces Wild, jazz and cover band. He was a transcriber and vocal arranger with Arena Musical, Los Angeles. Sergei also worked in Berlin as a guitar tutor with British Irish Modern Music Institute (BIMM) and music school, La-La-Fa.

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His goals are to continue exploring and mastering guitar performance in commercial music and beyond, as well as becoming a college professor. Sergei plans to continue teaching private lessons and start a subscription-based platform of instructional video lessons. He keeps developing and modifying his home studio to be able to offer more recording services. Sergei also continues to record a new album and play live shows with his original alternative prog rock band, Pink Pops.