Queens, New York, United States
Inna Dudukina is a Russian-born musician; a vocalist, dudukist, multi-instrumentalist, composer/arranger and audio engineer. In Siberia, she attended Novosibirsk State College of Music majoring in both voice and piano, solidified her classical music background and jazz music theory foundations and then followed up in Berklee College of Music, where she graduated as a Bachelor with a Dual Major in Performance / Contemporary Writing and Production and Minor in Music Production. Her performance technique, backed with perfect pitch and soulful playing has garnered attention and praise from her peers, as well as specialized critics and fellow musicians; in her writing she specializes in incorporating Eastern harmonies, particularly Balkan diatonic music techniques, with Western film scoring traditions and multimedia performance settings.
Programming Ableton Live sessions for 'THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA' the musical
Duduk / Keys 2 performer in 'The Visitor', a stage musical with music and lyrics by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, and a book by Yorkey and Kwame Kwei-Armah. Orchestration by Jamshied Sharifi.
Dashina is a cultural mix with flavors from the traditional eastern Europe, western progressive rock, and middle eastern ornaments, that submerges the audience into a fantasy world of ancient tales and landscapes.
Pepper Jam is a music production unit operating out of Kuala Lumpur, Boston and Los Angeles. My duties covered arranging music composed by clients or teammates, composing original music for use in TV commercials/music videos/album recordings, transcribing music and creating lead sheets and parts, supervising band or orchestra, and audio recording and mixing. Achievements throughout the period of work include composing and producing a unique soundtrack for the web campaign Pitch Purrfect, that was developed for Sheba Pet Supplies. Upon releasing, the video "Beyond the wall" hit thousands of views on youtube, the Pitch Purrfect campaign went viral, and received a Gold award in the Cyber category at the Kancil Awards 2014; arranging for and performing on an upcoming Malaysian star Uroah See's single "Gei Ai"; and arranging for, performing on, recording, mixing and mastering the EP of critically acclaimed kelabit sape player Alena Murang.