Союз композиторов СССР
From 1968 up until his emigration in 1978 he was a member of the Union of Soviet Composers. He obtained commissions from the Russian Broadcasting Corporation to compose for the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and other symphony orchestras and to create chamber music, vocal cycles and a filmed opera for television titled "The Women's Revolt" with the cast of the Bolshoi Theatre, conducted by Mark Ermler.