Participant: Igor Makarenko (sax, Ukraine)

“Hello! My name is Igor Makarenko. I finished the Dnepropetrovsk musical college in 1997 and got a diploma of the choir conductor. In 2002 I finished Yuzhnoukrainsk pedagogical university, in 2010 – Odessa State Music Academy as a saxophonist. I was a participant of the youth jazz big band conducted by N. Goloshapov. At the moment I collaborate with composer and arranger V. Stepanov, we record mainstream compositions and also promote jazz art in Odessa.”