TERRY HEIMAT
Taras Kutsenko

Composer, conductor, director, producer.

"Music combines many forms of coexistence and from this it becomes the greatest gift of the universe."

Composer, conductor, director, producer.

"Music combines many forms of coexistence and from this it becomes the greatest gift of the universe."

TERRY HEIMAT (Taras Kutsenko)

Composer, conductor, arranger, director, producer.

Ukraine/ China Native of Russia. Taras follower of the Moscow School of Musical Performance and Composition (Tchaikovsky Moscow State Concervatory), the Leningrad School of Conducting (Kharkiv National University of Arts), the New York Film School, and the Berkeley School of Sound Engineering.
Taras winner of meny film and music awards: Palm Beach International Music Awards, BLASTOFF, Global Music Awards, Los Angeles Silver Mask etc.
Terry Heimat is an active Professor of Zhangjiajie University, Chief conductor of Zhangjiajie Philharmonic Orchestra, a member of the International Association of Artists, a member of the Order "World Cultural Diplomacy".

Education:

1

Instrumentalist & conductor

Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory
1995-2009
Kharkov National University of Arts after I.P.Kotlyarevsky
2013-2015

2

Music manager & producer

Moscow Academy of International Cooperation
1993-1998

3

Master of Public Administration

Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. International Law.
Diploma on: STATE REGULATION IN THE CULTURE OF UKRAINE IN THE CONDITIONS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
2015-2018

4

Sound Engener

Berklee Online
2022

Terry is a Winner of the international contests of the wind instruments and international awards of the composition and sound.

In 2003 for his music for theatre productions and movies, he became a Winner of prestigious theatrical “Seagull” award.

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.

Terry is a Winner of the international contests of the wind instruments and international awards of the composition and sound.

UKRAINE

In 2010, Terry Heimat returns to Ukraine, where he creates an orchestra.

In 2013 Maestro Kutsenko founded the Kharkiv Sloboda Virtuosi Orchestra. With this team he participated in the projects of Trebyut of the ENIGMA and METALIKA groups, Slava Vakarchuk (Ukrainian singer), Alexandr Ponomorev (Ukrainian singer), Francis Goya & Bernard Wrincq and many others europian artists.

Among the aurora projects in Ukraine, we can mention the organization of the "International master classes of conductors of the Italian Opera", the staging of the play "Gloria Carmen", sand show "Per Gynt" together with the artist Svetlana Telbukh and the sand animation studio "Art You".
In 2012 a CD with the world classics music is released. Recording from the Open Air EURO2012 concert.

CHINA

In 2018, along with musicians from Ukraine, Terry Heimat was invited to conduct in China.

A year later, together with a professor at Zhangjiajie University, he founded the Zhangjiajie Philharmonic Orchestra and the Zhangjiajie Symphony Center.

The Zhangjiajie Philharmonic Orchestra became a participant in the international multistar
MAGIC SONG project.

Ode to Joy has won over 10 awards at various festivals and awards around the world and has become one of the most indexed audio products among crossover compositions.

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.

In 2021 the project Ode to Joy was presented at the New Media Film Festival in Los Angeles, where the project was watched by a large number of viewers, as well as representatives of EMMYS, HBO, Marvel production, BMI & Grammy.

In December 2021, a music video MAGIC SONG composed by Terry Heimat (Taras Kutsenko). Music performed by a multi-star cast of musicians was released on all Warner Music digital platforms. The project immediately became a bestseller.

The Zhangjiajie Philharmonic Orchestra became a participant in the international multistar
MAGIC SONG project.

Terry has worked with prominent personalities, many of whom are Grammy and Emmy award winners. Among them: Francis Goya (guitar), Ed Calle (saxophone), Al Di Meola (guitar), Leonid Agutin (singer), Camilo Valencia (sound producer), Angelica Varum (vocal), Amaury Gutierrez (vocal), Richard Bravo (percussion), Camilo Velandia (guitar), Albert Fedoseev (piano), Ralfy "Fafa" Valencia (bass).
Terry Heimat is winner of meny film and music awards: Seagull Award (CHAIKA), Palm Beach International Music Awards, BLASTOFF, Paris Film Awards, Los Angeles Silver Mask, Royal Society of Television & Motion Picture Awards and more.

Terry Heimat has been a member of the Foreign Musicians Association in China since 2019 and has participated in festivals and competitions organized by various music organizations in China.

In 2022 Terry Heimat became the
Vincent Bach Artist in China.

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