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At
16 Tkachenko relocated from the Soviet sea resort into the New
York City of the Blizzard of 1978. American "serious music"
scene was then dominated by postdodecaphonic dogmatists on the
one side of boredom and by militant minimalists on the other.
Meanwhile, the young arrival was absorbing the impact of Stravinsky,
Miles Davis and Piazzolla, and exploring the ancient classical
and courtly traditions of Indian, Middle Eastern and Medieval
music.
Tkachenko
is an accomplished and versatile composer in a wide array of styles
and genres, including orchestral, vocal, film, chamber, multimedia
and electronic music, with over a dozen published CDs and numerous
commissioned works performed. His awards include the first prize
at the Aspen Music Festival, Best
Music at the FIFI International Internet Film Festival
(France), and Prix Arthur Honegger (France).
Tkachenko
is a virtuoso performance pianist who has toured internationally
in the 1990s, appearing at Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonic,
The St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki National Opera, Bank
of Boston Celebrity Series, and numerous other major venues and
festivals throughout Europe and the US. A serious hand injury
has forced Tkachenko to leave the stage in 1999. Since then, Tkachenko
has turned his attention to digital
music production, with a large
body of work produced in this medium. After a 5 year
performing hiatus, Tkachenko is resuming his activities as a pianist,
most notably with the Balmus
ensemble.
He
was the founder and artistic director of the 30-strong Cast
of Characters international music ensemble, a major
musical presence in Boston-Cambridge in the 1990s.
Tkachenko's
collaboration with Russian cellist/composer Victor
Sobolenko produced the critically acclaimed Duo 21,
which has released 7 CDs, among them: Passion,
About the Strangeness of Love, Simple
Pleasures and Around Tango.
Other
notable projects include collaborations with poet Philip Nikolayev,
violinist Johannes
Ammon, composer/pianist Jakov
Jakoulov, filmmakers John
Gianvito and Bridget
Murnane, choreographers Marcus
Schulkind, Martha
Mason, Nicole
Pierce, and many others.
In
2006 Tkachenko has produced a series of 5
Relaxation Music CDs. His credits as arranger and session
player include long-term collaborations with producer/engineer
Ron St. Germain and albums by Keziah Jones, DropJoy, and Breed
77.
Over
the last four years Tkachenko has produced the award-winning Interactive
Classics series of unprecedented PC-based educational
music games for children.
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