years_active birth_place birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
1975 -- present kiev , ukraine 19 september 1949 vladimir horunzhy
 vladimir horunzhy film producer , composer
vladimir horunzhy

in the late 70 's led the pop-symphony orchestra of radio and television of ukraine .
moved to the u.s. in 1981 .
the first project , which he participated as a composer there , was the soap opera `` santa barbara '' .
a native of kiev , vladimir 's music career began at the age of 5 when he received his first piano lesson .
within two years , he composed his first original piece .
he studied piano and composition at lisenko music school -lrb- similar to juilliard school -rrb- and kiev conservatory of music .
an active jazz musician , vladimir performed at soviet jazz festivals in tallinn , moscow , donetsk and throughout the soviet union .
at age 26 he became principal conductor and staff composer for the ukrainian national tv and radio orchestra , kiev .
living in budapest , vladimir composed and conducted for hungarian state orchestra .
entering the realm of film scoring , he scored feature films and animation .
he also performed with jazz-rock groups throughout the european community .
in 1981 vladimir came to new york , where he had the opportunity to work with george benson , michael brecker , marcus miller and michael urbaniak , to name just a few .
in the course of his work , vladimir met film composing-great jerry goldsmith .
orchestrating for and studying with the master , vladimir further refined his art of film scoring .
starting in 1991 vladimir horunzhy produced his first feature .
comedy `` high strung '' had the all star cast and became an instant hit with fans of jim carrey , steve oedekerk , fred willard and kirsten dunst -lrb- her first part in the movies -rrb- .
there are more than 60 features , tv and animation films produced and/or scored by vladimir horunzhy .
since 2006 along with us based production company , producing ukrainian film projects .
in 2009 he founded the production company/studio inq located in kiev , ukraine .
