TERRY HEIMAT

TERRY HEIMAT
ISNI 0000 0005 2642 4183
Musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, conductor, writer. Author of books and scripts.
Starting a professional career as a musician and music manager. 1996
In 1995 he entered the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory. In the same year he entered the Moscow Academy of International Cooperation, Faculty of Management.
In 1996 he became a member of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mark Gorenstein.
Terry is a graduate of the most prestigious and elite universities and conservatories of music including the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (professor V.Novikov, professor L.Nikolaev), the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) School of Conducting (professor A.Alexeev), the Kharkiv National University of Arts (professor V.Kutsenko, S. Paltajan), the New York Film Academy (Sound instructor Jonathan Appell), and the Berklee College of Music of Sound Engineering (Sarah Brindell, Bonnie Hayes).

Upon graduation from the Moscow Academy of International Cooperation (Management) in 1999 - Assistant Conductor and producer for the first performance of “The first performance in Russia of F.Mendelssohn's oratorio “Ilija” performed by the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Moscow Conservatory conducting by People's Artist of the USSR Gennady Rozhdestvensky”.
In 2000 - Assistant Conductor to Oleg Lundstrem in his State Jazz Orchestra.

For over 15 years, Terry has studied the specifics of musical accompaniment for theater productions and film music.

He representative of a dynasty of conductors and musicians. Father (Vitaly Kutsenko) is a renowned conductor, Professor. A continuator of the traditions of the conducting school of Nikolai Rabinovich and Natan Rakhlin. Mother (Guseva Natalia) - music teacher (piano). Graduated from the Tashkent Conservatory.

In 2009 he was the assistant conductor-producer of P.I. Tchaikovsky's opera “Cherevichki” at the Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Lysenko.

Starting a professional career as a conductor. 2011
He made his debut as a symphony conductor on November 4, 2011 with the program (D.Shostakovich - Symphony 5. Youth Academic Symphony Orchestra “Slobozhansky”). Debuted as a ballet conductor in 2012 Tchaikovsky's “Swan Lake”, Lysenko Kharkiv Opera and Ballet Theater. Debuted as an opera conductor in 2013 (G. Puccini “Turandot” Dnepropetrovsk Opera and Ballet Theater).
Among his conducting mentors, in different years were Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Andrei Chistyakov, Alexander Alexeev, Leonid Nikolaev, Vitaly Kutsenko, Vladimir Ponkin, Alexander Samoile, Teodor Currentzis, Vittorio Parisi, Naiden Todorov, Jan Milosz Zarzycki, Daniel Agiman.

Music Producer
As a producer he took part in such projects as:

• Irina Arkhipova Foundation Award Ceremony at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory 2000, 2001;
• Masterpieces of world opera in concert performance. 2000, 2001;
• Prix Benois De La Danse 2000, 2002;
• Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov to students 2004;

In 2013 he was the conductor of the ballet “Carmen” to the music of J. Bizet staged by the choreographer, Honored Artist of Ukraine Antonina Radievska.

Collaboration.
Dancers and choreographers: Yuri Grigorovich, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Elisabeth Platel, John Neumaye, Altynai Asylmuratova, Davide Bombana, Caroline Carlson, Alexander Koelpin, Angelen Preljocaj, Thor van Schaik, Nadia Veselova-Tenser, Robert Denvers, Soo Kim Go, Marina Kondratieva, Brigitte Lefebvre, Ivan Liska, Mikko Nissinen, Victor Uljate, William Forsythe, Edouard Locke, Julie Kent, Alessandra Ferry, Aurélie Dupont, Anastasia Volochkova, Jean-Guillaume Bar, Angel Correia, Geoffrey Herodias, Jiří Bubeníček.

Theater and film directors: Vladimir Pankov, Kirill Serebrennikov, Declan Donnelan, Andriy Zholdak.

Scenographers: Jaffar el Halabi, Jürgen Rose, Nikolai Simonov, Makim Obrezkov.

Actors: Andrei Myagkov, Alla Pokrovskaya, Dmitry Nazarov, Vladimir Krasnov, Alexei Kravchenko, Yevgeny Mironov, Gennady Ovsyaggykov, Valery Garkalin, Andrei Zavodyuk, Alina Olshanskaya, Alisa Estrina, Olga Berger, Gosha Kutsenko, Niyaz Gadzhiev, Yulia Peresild, Tatiana Vladimirova.

Musicians: Dr. Alex Sino, Dr. Ed Calle, Dr. Al di Meola, Dmitry Udovichenko, Francis Goya, Richard Galliano, Mario Parmisano, David Pastor, Amaury Gutierrez, Richard Bravo, Camilo Valencia, Jerry Bravo, Leonid Agutin, Camilo Velandia, Angelica Varum, Julio Ariel Diaz, Slava Vakarchuk, Alexandr Ponomorev, Lilian Garcia, Raisa Batista, Rayko Batista, MORA, Rafael Ernesto Perez Martinez, Anthony Quinones, Christian Medina, Nam San Fong, Sloboda Virtuosi Orchestra, ENIGMA tribute, METALLICA tribute, Zhangjiajie Philharmonic Orchestra, Tang Muhai, Dang Huali, Yuan Jie.

In 2018, he was inducted into the Musicians' Hall of Fame in China. Member of the Association of Foreign Professionals in China.

Since 2022, arranger and member of the credit group of directors of television entertainment programs on Chinese television.

2024-2025 - Assistant Conductor of Chinese Symphonic Music Concerts, conducted by Grammy®-winning, Tang Muhai.

In 2023, he received the title of Professor of Musicology. Prof. Terry Heimat is the author of methodological manuals and scientific articles on music, which are published in scientific publications around the world.

From 2002 to 2012 he was a member of the SoundDrama Moscow Theatre Studio directed by musician and director Vladimir Pankov. As a member of this collective he wrote music for more than 20 theatrical performances and films.
Until 2012 he played in productions of the Moscow Art Theatre named after Chekhov directed by Oleg Tabakov, the Moscow Pushkin Theatre, the Theatre "Et-Cetera" directed by Alexander Kalyagin, the Theatre of Nations directed by Evgeny Mironov, the Centre for Dramaturgy and Directing directed by Roschenko and Kazantsev.
In collaboration with the artistic director of the Moscow Chekhov Theater, People's Artist of Russia Oleg Tabakov has developed and implemented the "Moscow Art Theater to Students" program. The aim of the project is to popularize the art of theater among young people.
Terry Heimat also released a CD with the soundtracks to the play directed by Kirill Serebrennikov.
Terry Heimat has worked with renowned theater directors Declan Donnelly, Andrey Zholdak, Kirill Serebrennikov, Yuri Muravitsky, Nyakroshus, Mark Weil and Vladimir Pankov.

In 2010, together with the musicians of SoundDrama, he made a European tour, during which he recorded a CD with music for trumpet in the acoustics of famous Catholic churches in France.

In 2008 Taras Kustenko recorded a series of accoustic videos in the main castles of France.
The performance was performed in the castles of Paris, Nanking, Nor-pas-de-Calais, Cherbourg and Nice.

In 2020, Terry Heimat, with guitarist Francis Goya and the Zhangjiajie Philharmonic Orchestra, released a crossover version of Beethoven's famous Symphony No. 9.
Guitarist Bernard Wrincq, soloist of the Odessa Opera Ruslan Zinevich, and saxophonist Ivan Levchenko, winner of international competitions, took part in the recording.