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Terry Heimat

Prof. Taras Kutsenko (TERRY HEIMAT) Ukrainian and American author. Composer, conductor, arranger, producer, Sound engineer, screenwriter, director. He has written music for more than 20 theater productions and more than 10 feature films.

About Me

Taras Kutsenko ( the stage name is Terry Heimat) representative of a dynasty of conductors and musicians. Father (Kutsenko Vitaliy) is a renowned conductor, Ph.D. in music, Professor. Mother (Guseva Natalia) - music teacher (piano).

Origin of Name. Terry Heimat. TERRY is the English equivalent of the name Taras, given at birth. HEIMAT is German for Homeland. It was his father's mother's surname.

Taras is a graduate of the most prestigious and elite universities and conservatories of music including the Moscow School of Musical Performance and Composition (Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory), the Leningrad (Sankt Petersburg) School of Conducting, the Kharkiv National University of Arts, the New York Film Academy, and the Berklee College of Music of Sound Engineering.

Collaboration: Francis Goya, Al di Meola, Amaury Gutierez, Richard Baravo, Camilo Valencia, Leonid Agutin, Camilo Velandia, Angelica Varum, Julio Ariel Diaz, Slava Vakarchuk, Lilian Garcia, Raisa Batista, Rayko Batista, Rafael Ernesto Perez Martinez, Anthony Quinones, Christian Medina, Nam San Fong, Sloboda Virtuosi Orchestra, ENIGMA tribute, METALLICA tribute, Zhangjiajie Philharmonic Orchestra.

Prof. Taras Kutsenko is the winner of numerous video and music awards such as the Global Music Awards, Seagull Award (CHAIKA), Europe Music Award, Hollywood BLASTOFF, Los Angeles Silver Mask, Hollywood Independent Filmmaker Awards, New Media Film Awards, Palm Beach International Music Awards, Paris Film Awards, Munich Film Awards, Royal Society of Television & Motion Picture Awards.

In 2023, he bolatized for a Grammy and Latin Grammy Award in the arrangement category.

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My Jazz Story

I love jazz because it's one of my ways of expressing myself. I was first exposed to jazz when I was five years old. It was an Arturo Sandoval record. The best show I ever attended was performance by vocal group Take 6. The first jazz record I bought was Arturo Sandoval "Turi" My advice to new listeners learn to hear the soul of the artist in his music.

My House Concert Story

I was lucky enough to organize many jazz concerts in Moscow, between 1999 and 2010. Among others: Oleg Lundstrem's orchestra, Georgy Garanyan; Arkady Shilkloper.

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