: Port land , ▁Maine ▁Category : B ang or , ▁Maine ▁Category : 1 7 8 9 ▁establish ments ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Category : C our th ouses ▁in ▁Maine <0x0A> </s> ▁Serge y ▁Nik ola ev ich ▁Star ost in ▁( Russ ian : ▁Серг ей ▁Никола евич ▁Ста ро сти н ; ▁born ▁ 1 ▁January ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁in ▁Moscow ) ▁is ▁a ▁Russian ▁folk ▁and ▁jazz ▁composer ▁and ▁perform er , ▁famous ▁for ▁his ▁modern ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁arch a ic ▁Russian ▁( as ▁well ▁as ▁S á mi ▁and ▁Tu van ) ▁folk ▁music . ▁In ▁his ▁compos itions , ▁he ▁s ings , ▁plays ▁folk ▁fl utes ▁( kal y uka ▁over t one ▁fl ute , ▁sv ire l , ▁py z hat ka ), ▁re ed ▁instruments ▁( clar inet , ▁z h ale y ka , ▁ber ben ) ▁and ▁g us li . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁early ▁child hood , ▁Star ost in ▁started ▁to ▁sing ▁in ▁a ▁boys ▁cho ir ▁led ▁by ▁V ad im ▁Sud akov . ▁He ▁started ▁to ▁play ▁clar inet ▁in ▁school , ▁and ▁later ▁graduated ▁from ▁Mer z ly akov ▁college ▁of ▁music , ▁and ▁then ▁from ▁the ▁Moscow ▁Conserv atory . ▁After ▁gradu ation , ▁he ▁abandoned ▁academic ▁music ▁for ▁a ▁while , ▁completely ▁switching ▁to ▁traditional ▁folk ▁instruments , ▁t unes ▁and ▁non - temper ed ▁scales . ▁By ▁mid - 9 0 s , ▁however , ▁he ▁started ▁to ▁collabor