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Bio

Education
	2007	Graduated Master in Music (Mmus) in Composition under Theo Loevendie (Amsterdam conservatoire, The Netherlands)
	2000	Graduated as composer from Odessa State A.V.Nezhdanova Conservatoire (now Odessa State A.V.Nezhdanova Musical Academy) under Prof. Karmella Tsepkolenko.
	1996	Graduated from Izmail Pedagogical Institute as music teacher
Residencies et al
	2008	With a stipend of Felix Meritis foundations's Gulliver project visited the Czech Music Centre (Prague, Czech Rep.) and Klangspuren Festival (Schwaz, Austria)
	2007, 2015, 2016, 2023	Composer residency at the Visby International Centre for Composers (Gotland, Sweden)
	2005	With a stipend of Felix Meritis foundations's Gulliver project visited the Gaudeamus Music Week 2005 and studied the extensive library of the Gaudeamus Foundation Contemporary Music Center (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
	2005	With a grant of the society KulturKontakt Austria elected to participate in the 9th International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art, Avantgarde Tirol with Professor Boguslaw Schaeffer and Dr. Richard Boulanger (Seefeld, Tirol, Austria)
	2005	Permanent resident of The Netherlands
	2003- 2007	Chosen by Dresden Centre of Music/DZzM (now European Centre for the Arts) for the Scholarship project pass_ПОРТ within the Dresdner Tage der zeitgenossischen Music (Dresden, Germany)
	2003	Participant at Gaude Polonia - a 6 months long Scholarship program of the Ministry Culture of Republic Poland, at the Frédéric Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw with professor Marcin Blazewicz (Warsaw, Poland)
	2000	Master-classes held by Faraj Karaev and Krzystof Meyer (Baku, Azerbaijan)
	1996 and 1997	International summer master-classes held by such known composers as Marek Kopelent, Luis de Pablo, Paul Mefano, Jean-Yves Bosseur, Zygmunt Krauze (Czech Republic)
Commissions
Trojaborg 2 (Ukrainian) for clarinet by Adella Carlson (United States, 2024) Awesome Stories for 6 guitars by CRAS ensemble (Denmark, 2023) Momo Opera for large orchestra by Royal Danish Opera (Denmark, 2015) Mover of the Earth, Stopper of the Sun for symphony orchestra by Orchestre National d’Île-de-France (ONDIF) (France, 2011) Beyond Context for chamber orchestra by the Polish Institute in Kiev (Ukraine, 2008) Trojaborg for solo clarinet by Michel Marang (The Netherlands, 2007) Valentina's blues for solo piano by Marcel Worms (The Netherlands, 2006) Model citizens for cello and piano Doris Hochscheid (cello) and Frans van Ruth (piano) (The Netherlands, 2006) 3 compositions Asiope, Slavic Gods and West - East for ensembles by Dresden Centre of Music/DZzM (now European Centre for the Arts) (Germany, 2003) Axis of Every Karuss... for clarinet, piano and cello by Trio La Tache (Switzerland, 2002)
Festivals and projects
Saurland Herbst Brass Festival - Hagen Theater (Hagen, Germany, 2023) Mostly Modern Festival - Zeeuwse Concertzaal (Middelburg, The Netherlands, 2023) Foro de Música Nueva - INBA (Mexico City, Mexico, 2013) Chamber Music Day (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2009) Musica Viva (Munich, Germany, 2007) Spring festival (Hague, The Netherlands, 2007) Nederlandse Muziekdagen (Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2007) Kiev Music Fest (Ukraine 2005, 2006) Avantgarde Tirol (Tirol, Austria, 2005) 18. Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Muzik (Dresden, Germany, 2004) Creative Youth Forum (Kiev, Ukraine, 2002) International Festival of Modern Art Two Days and Two Nights of New Music (Odessa, Ukraine, 2001-2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011) International Forum of Young Composers (Kiev, Ukraine, 2001, 2003, 2005) Informal Meeting of European Composers (Baku, Azerbaijan, 2000; Krakow, Poland, 2001) On the Threshold of the 21th Century (Nizhnij Novgorod, Russia, 1999)