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Vladimir Yepifanov was born in Khabarovsk (Far East) in family of the military man. In 1947 father was
transfered on a service in town Riga, where all family has moved. Having finished seven classes, Vladimir has entered
the Riga industrial polytechnical college, which has ended in 1957. During training on the third year he has got on
the grant small accordion, on which began to play on hearing. Soon he began to be engaged in a circle of amateur
performances in Club of the auto workers.
In 1957 Vladimir has received a rank of the Winner for performance on the Latvian festival of youth and
students. There on a festival the acquaintance Vladimir Yepifanov and Yuri Peshkov, known now accordionist and
author of popular compositions for accordion was held. The close friendly dialogue of two young musicians
proceeded and the next years. So, working after a polytechnical college at a factory "Autoelektropribor", Vladimir has
entered the evening branch of musical school №1, where already two years his comrade studied. After two years of
studying at school Vladimir Yepifanov was called on an active military service. After three years of a service in an
army military orchestra, during which he has ended also musical school, Vladimir has moved to city Omsk, where
was enlisted in a Omsk musical college, which has ended in 1966. The same year he together with Yuri Peshkov
has entered the Vilnius conservatoire. Both musicians studied in a class of the teacher A. Baika. In 1970 Vladimir
Yepifanov has given first in Lithuania a solo recital-concert in the Large hall of the Vilnius conservatoire, and in
1971 has graduated it with distinction.
Since 1967 Vladimir Yepifanov worked in Omsk musical college. For many years of pedagogical job Vladimir
Yepifanov has issued about hundred accordionists. Many from his students became the known musicians -
winners of various competitions (regional, Russian, international etc.) More thirds of former students became the
teachers of musical schools, middle and higher educational institutions. Experience and the knowledge, received
by them from teacher, helps them to work on a field of popularization of accordion art in Russia and abroad.
Vladimir Yepifanov has died in 2004 in Omsk city.
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