Birth name Peter Ostroushko Occupation(s) Musician | Name Peter Ostroushko Genres Americana, Folk music | |
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Instruments Mandolin, fiddle, guitar Website www.peterostroushko.com Albums Heart of the Heartland, Meeting on Southern Soil Record labels Red House Records, Rounder Records Associated acts Garrison Keillor, Dean Magraw Similar People Dean Magraw, Norman Blake, John Koerner, Dirk Freymuth, Nancy Blake | ||
Peter ostroushko heart of the heartland
Peter Ostroushko (born August 12, 1953) is an American violinist and mandolinist.
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- Peter ostroushko heart of the heartland
- Peter ostroushko
- Background and career
- Bob Dylan Willie Nelson Mandolin
- Orchestral
- Television and radio
- Awards
- Personal
- Discography
- References
Peter ostroushko
Background and career
Of Ukrainian ancestry, Ostroushko grew up in northeast Minneapolis. He has released numerous recordings and is a regular performer on the A Prairie Home Companion radio program.
Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Mandolin
Ostroushko's first recording session was an uncredited mandolin player on Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks. 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 and the New Orleans-based rock/blues band The Radiators [1], among many others.
Orchestral
Ostroushko 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. In 2009, he played with the Minnesota Youth Symphonies at Orchestra Hall. 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.
Television and radio
Ostroushko has appeared on television on Austin City Limits, Late Night with David Letterman, and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, as well as performing regularly on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion.
Awards
Ostroushko received a regional Emmy award for his soundtrack to the 2005 PBS series Minnesota: A History of the Land.
Personal
Ostroushko is married to public radio producer Marge Ostroushko. They have one daughter, Anna.