George Chernenko
Honoured Artist of Ukraine
Laureate of the International Competitions
Professor

Education
Lysenko Specialized Music school (Kiev), Chaykovsky Music Academy (Kiev).

George is a leader and a founder of the ensemble. This man possesses a tremendous feeling of rhythm. He extracts music from everything, perceiving the Universe as infinity of rhythm and sound.
„Life has a sense, when you invent something new in it“

Education
Lysenko Specialized Music school (Kiev), Chaykovsky Music Academy (Kiev)

Since the very beginning is a member of the Kiev Percussion Ensemble “ARS NOVA”.
He is a professional orchestra musician of the National Symphonic Orchestra of Ukraine.

Oleg Sokolov
Laureate of the International Competitions.

Education
Lysenko Specialized Music school (Kiev), Chaykovsky Music Academy (Kiev).

Since 1990 is a member of the Kiev Percussion Ensemble “ARS NOVA”.
He is a professional orchestra musician of the National Symphonic Orchestra of Ukraine.

Oles Zhuravchak
Laureate of the International Competitions.

Education
Music College (Drogobych), Kiev State University of Culture and Art.

Professional flute player. He is a lecturer of the folk wind instruments at the Kiev National University of Culture and Art. Takes part in various music folk projects.
He is fond of drumming since 1998 and in 2000 has become a member of the ensemble.

Alexander “Murchik” Murenko
Laureate of the International Competitions

Education
Music school(Kiev), Music College(Kiev), Music Academy (Kiev).

Takes part in various music projects such as: Ghurt Yo'Ghurt, Eastside, Usiim Dykirov (ethno jazz project), Fussion Band. He is also an initiator of his own music projects and has a solo album, the first drum album in Ukraine. Since 2004 is an active member of the Kiev Percussion Ensemble “ARS NOVA”. This man possesses a tremendous life energy and an inexhaustible sense of humor.
«Happiness is the feeling you're feeling, when you want to keep feeling it”

Dmitry Kolesnichenko
Laureate of the International Competitions

Education
Music school(Luhansk), Music College(Luhansk), Kiev State University of Culture and Art.

Has begun his art activity in the age of 2 by improvising with pencils and pots. Worked in the Luhansk Municipal Orchestra of wind and pop music, Luhansk Symphonic Orchestra, Folk Ensemble “Kiev Russ”. Since 2003 is being a member of ARS NOVA; has a separate project – the band “Frienzy” and is an art director of the percussion show-orchestra “Puls-Art” attached to the children art center “Shevchenkovec”.