Maestro Taras Kutsenko (stage name: Terry Haymat, ISNI 0000000526424183). He currently resides in China, where he is a professor and orchestra conductor.
Terry is a graduate of prestigious and elite universities and conservatoires, including the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire (performance, conducting and composition); the Soundrama Theatre Studio (acting); the Berklee School of Sound Engineering (arrangement); Music Theory Courses at Harvard (pedagogy).
Terry Haymat is the recipient of awards such as the Global Music Awards, the Seagull Award (CHAIKA), the Europe Music Award, Hollywood BLASTOFF, the Los Angeles Silver Mask, the Hollywood Independent Filmmaker Awards, the New Media Film Awards, the Palm Beach International Music Awards, the Paris Film Award, the Munich Film Award, and the Royal Society of Television and Film Award.
He has composed music for over 20 theatre productions and 10 films. He has also released 15 music albums, which have been nominated for Grammy Awards in various years.
Terry Heimat is a member of the International Association of Artists and a recipient of the Order of ‘World Cultural Diplomacy’.
Maestro Kutsenko is a professor at Zhangjiajie University, Hunan, China.