The next stage in my development was at the age of 22, under the auspices of the «Ukr-Concert» organisation. Like a «Music-man» I played on keyboards, guitar, bass and other instruments for various bands and groups, travelling all over the country, from Arkhanhelsk to Central Asia and Kamchatka. My debut as a composer on the big stage was in 1979 when my music was put to Moris Carem’s lyrics. My creative life started!
...The yearning for real creative work as a composer led to self - education on such subjects as history of music, arrangement, music forms etc. My music began to resound throughout the USSR on TV and Radio...
Everywhere and for a long time...
A new milestone was reached when I started to experiment with electronic music. This experiment is still continuing...
Another big interest was journalism. I interviewed such stars as: Ravi Shankar, Pat Mathini, Pink Floyd, Stas Namin, Alexander Gradsky, Emi Steward, Suzy Quatro. Such interviews were welcomed by the press, moreover, they were a novelty at that time...Thanks to that time...
...So, a big thank you to all those who are interested in my music - beginning with my friends in Ukraine and the diaspora and finishing with Mrs Clinton, who visited Kiev to receive my Children’s CD a week before my daughter’s birth...