Born: March 6, 1953
Wolverhampton England
Current home: North Vancouver BC

Although already an accomplished jazz guitarist, Ihor has chosen in recent years, to make a focused commitment to refining his skills and further developing his personal approach. His musical direction features an expressive, compositional style in which both melodic and harmonic elements interact equally. For him, the inclusion of bass and drums is an ideal complement to this approach and has been Ihor’s favourite musical vehicle for a number of years. He performs with the trio on a regular basis and has taken the first step in realizing his musical commitment with the production and release of his first featured CD, As It Was.

Ihor performs in a freelance capacity in Vancouver where, in addition to work with Phil Nimmons, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and CBC Television, he has to his credit several Broadway productions including Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, and Evita. He has performed with Harry Connick, Jr., Skywalk, Juno Award winners Fraser MacPherson, Brad Turner, and PJ Perry; recording artists David Foster, Bernadette Peters, Shari Ulrich, and Jerry Reed, and was a contributing performer on the Canadian Anthology of Jazz CD. Ihor also holds a regular faculty position in the Jazz Studies Program at Capilano College as an instructor of Improvisation and Small Ensemble.

In Toronto before moving to BC, Ihor developed his diverse musical skills working in a number of recording studios, CBC and CTV television variety shows, CBC Radio, and several live musical productions. His experience there also includes performances with such jazz notables as Ed Bickert, Pat LaBarbera, Dave McMurdo, and Pepper Adams.