About Seventh Station

Born in Minsk, Belarus, grew up and studied in Israel, and nowadays resides in Slovenia, Alperovich is the founder and the producer of Seventh Station. A classically trained guitarist and composer, he was awarded the highest score in the country for his instrumental skills already at the age of 17.

Later on, Alperovich continued to Jerusalem’s Academy of Music and Dance, where he first formed “Seventh Station” together with bass player Alexy Polyanski. In 2014, he relocated to Slovenia, where he produced a number of live events, ranging from a festival to jam sessions and workshops, as well as performing classical guitar.

The main composer and visionary behind Seventh Station’s music, Alperovich’s productions and compositions are often multi-layered, large at length and thought outside of the box, cherishing the world of modern classical music, while delivering a nuanced expression of the essence of progress. Alperovich is also working as a session guitarist and a guitar teacher and has performed and produced music in the USA, the Balkan area, and the Middle East.

Eren Başbuğ is a Turkish multi–award–winning keyboardist, conductor, arranger, and composer. Described as “a wild genius” (Jordan Rudess) and “a world-class musician” (ROLI), Başbuğ is best known for his musical work for GRAMMY winner platinum-selling progressive metal band Dream Theater, keyboardist Jordan Rudess – voted “Best Keyboardist of All Time” by the MusicRadar Magazine, and seven-time GRAMMY award winner, saxophone player and composer Paul Winter. As a keyboardist and classical piano performer, Başbuğ has extensively toured Europe, collecting a handful of awards in musical competitions and workshops. As a composer, his compositions and arrangements have been performed around the world, featuring him as the guest conductor for numerous symphonic orchestras.

During his time at Berklee College of Music, Başbuğ already earned work as the arranger and conductor on numerous commercial releases worldwide, such as Dream Theater’s Dream Theater, Breaking the Fourth Wall and Live at Luna Park, and Jordan Rudess’s first orchestral album Explorations.

After completing his studies, Başbuğ was immediately hired by music technology company ROLI as a product specialist to help the growth of the revolutionary musical instrument family SEABOARD. He has been touring worldwide, including Europe, the United States, Japan, China, India, and the Middle East.

Nicknamed in many magazines “a man of 1000 voices” and mostly known for his work with Progressive Ethnic Metal band Subterranean Masquerade, Dolev had performed extensively in over 25 countries through Europe, Israel, pre-war Russia, and India. He toured and supported acts such as Deep Purple, Disturbed, Therion, Orphaned Land, Sons of Apollo, and many more. Throughout his global work, he performed as a lead singer from punk bands to symphonic orchestras, big bands, and video games, and is featured on records together with top musicians such as Ron Bumblefoot Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Danny Worsnop (Asking Alexandria), Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation), Rob Van Der Loo (Epica), Jeff Scott Sotto (Yngwie Malmsteen), and others.

Throughout magazines such as Prog Magazine, Loudwire, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, and New Noise, Dolev’s works have often won cherishable reviews, his latest record Mountain Fever with Subterranean Masquerade (Sensory Records 2021) was nominated and won the “Album of the Year” lists, while the Times of Israel named him “The King of Israeli Heavy Rock."

During 2023, Dolev won second Prize for “Best Recorded Vocal Performance” at ProgSpace magazine, for his vocal work on Seventh Station’s “Heal the Unhealed,” second only to legendary Devin Townsend.

During 2024, Dolev signed a licensing collaboration together with the Pioneers of Heavy Metal Headphones “Heavys,” alongside bands such as Testament, Ayreon, Kamelot, Symphony X, and many more.

Born in Ukraine, Israel-based bass player, composer, and pianist Alexy Polyanski began his musical journey from the age of five. He completed his studies graduating from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance with a degree in piano and composition. Since then, Polyanski worked and traveled as an accompanist in classical and modern ballet performances, festivals, and classes for over 20 years in Israel, and toured the U.S. and China together with the Academy’s Chamber Choir and the Nimrod Fried Ballet Company.

As a performer and composer, his work and performances has been featured on stage with several ballet and theater acts including “Countdown,” “Echo of Trust,” collaborating with directors and writers such as Yulia Mezhetkaya and Robert Yun. As a bass player, Polyanski plays the six-string bass, contributes to recordings and performances as a session player in a variety of projects, and brings his expertise in composition and sound providing a unique approach to Seventh Station’s rhythm section.

Grega Plamberger is a drummer, classical percussionist, and a teacher. He graduated from the Ljubljana Music Academy in 2018. Besides Seventh Station, Plamberger is active in many other bands and projects, most notably Cvinger, with whom he toured China and Europe, supporting bands like Gorgoroth, Marduk, Kampfar, Keep of Kalessin, and Ragnarok. With his death metal band Cordura, Plamberger won the ex-Yugoslavia version of Battle of the Bands, and performed at the Wacken Metal Festival in 2018.