is a Ukrainian classical guitarist, born in the small town of Shchastya in the east of Ukraine, where he had his first guitar lesson at the age of eight. Dmytro studied at the Luhansk Music College in Ukraine and at the National University of Arts in Kharkiv. He was under the expert guidance and tutelage of acclaimed teachers Mykhail Tushchenko and Yurii Fomin.
As a recipient of the DAAD Scholarship, Dmytro continued his education in Germany at Münster Music Highschool with Prof. Reinbert Evers and at the Folkwang University of the Arts with Prof. Tomasz Zawierucha.
During his studies Dmytro had the privilege to attend many master classes of great performers of our time, such as: Hubert Käppel, Thomas Müller-Pering (Germany), Roman Viazovskyi (Ukraine-Germany), Marco Socias (Spain), Lorenzo Micheli (Italy), Allan Neave (Scotland), Judicael Perroy (France).
Dmytro is a renowned prize winner of various international competitions, including:
2010 International Guitar Competition "Tallinn 2010", Tallinn, Estonia ( 1st Prize and a Special Award of the Estonian Radio)
2015 XXIV International Guitar Competition "Guitar Talent", Brno, the Czech Republic ( 1st Prize )
2016 GWK Music Award (GWK Förderpreis Musik), Münster, Germany
2017 XII International Guitar Competition "Twents", Enschede, the Netherlands ( 1st Prize )
2018 Nordhorn International Guitar Competition, Nordhorn, Germany ( 1st Prize )
2018 IV International Guitar Competition "Hannabachpreis", Augsburg, Germany ( 1st Prize )
2019 International Guitar Competition, Braga, Portugal
( 1st Prize )
2019 International Guitar Competition, Heinsberg, Germany
( 2nd Prize )
2019 Asia International Guitar Competition, Bangkok, Thailand ( 1st Prize )
2019 International Guitar Competition "Guitar Foundation of America", Miami, USA ( 4th Prize )
2019 Ligita International Guitar Competition, Eschen, Lichtenstein ( 1st Prize )
He plays concerts as a soloist worldwide, namely in Ukraine, Estonia, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, China, Great Britain.