ate ▁with ▁jazz ▁mus icians ▁Mik h ail ▁Al per in ▁and ▁Ark ady ▁Sh il k lo per , ▁forming ▁a ▁Moscow ▁Art ▁T rio ▁group , ▁and ▁mixing ▁together ▁jazz ▁and ▁eth nic ▁( Russ ian ▁and ▁B alk an ) ▁music . ▁In ▁his ▁eth no - j azz ▁compos itions ▁Star ost in ▁avoid s ▁harm on izations , ▁stay ing ▁within ▁certain ▁scales ▁rather ▁than ▁stick ing ▁to ▁ch ord ▁patterns , ▁which ▁makes ▁jazz ▁played ▁this ▁way ▁more ▁" compatible " ▁with ▁traditional ▁folk ▁music . ▁As ▁of ▁year ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁however , ▁Star ost in ▁is ▁gradually ▁moving ▁from ▁jazz ▁and ▁rock ▁compos itions ▁back ▁to ▁more ▁authentic ▁folk ▁traditional ▁performance . ▁ ▁Works ▁of ▁Serge y ▁Star ost in ▁are ▁root ed ▁in ▁various ▁folk ▁trad itions ▁of ▁nations ▁inhab iting ▁modern ▁Russia . ▁He ▁participated ▁in ▁folk ▁music ▁research ▁exped itions , ▁and ▁recorded ▁several ▁thousands ▁tracks ▁of ▁authentic ▁songs ▁and ▁instrument al ▁compos itions . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁Star ost in ▁produced ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁TV ▁programs ▁called ▁" World ▁Village ", ▁and ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁runs ▁a ▁different ▁program ▁named ▁" W ander ings ▁of ▁a ▁music ian " ▁at ▁the ▁Russian ▁TV ▁channel ▁" K ult ura ". ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁musical ▁producer ▁for ▁the ▁animated ▁feature ▁film ▁" Pr ince ▁Vladimir ". ▁Serge y ▁Star ost in ▁also ▁collect s , ▁and