Vladimir Horunzhy

Who is Vladimir Horunzhy?

Vladimir Anatolieyvych Horunzhy is a producer and composer. 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 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. There are more than 15 features, TV and animation films produced by Vladimir Horunzhy.