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Mykhaylo Zakhariya was born on October  14, 1987, in the  family of professional  musicians in Moldova (the  former  USSR). His parents had just graduated from the State conservatoire named after G. Musicescu in Kishinev in Moldova. Soon the family moved to Ukraine, to the town of Dolyna Ivano - Frankivsk region, where his parents were  invited to teach:  mother   playing the bayan  and father - the dulcimer. Mykhaylo began to learn playing the dulcimer at the age of two .When he was three, he was admitted to the music school in  Dolyna to the class of  his father  I. Zakhariia. There he also began playing the violin, piano and flute - master. He had his  first public concert in the concert hall of  Dolyna at the age of  four. Being only five years old, he took the first place in the Ukrainian competition  and became   the soloist of  the orchestra “Gerdan” / music school in Dolyna/. At the age of ten Mykhaylo had  solo concerts throughout Ukraine and the first record on the radio (Kyiv), received the  award from the President, and in a year - from the Ministry for skilful merit. At the Sixth World  Scientific cimbalom  Congress  after a successful  performance,  he  was invited by the  President of  the Cimbalom  World Association Viktoria  Herencsar   to her master - class. He became a  student  of  the Conservatory of  J. L. Bella  in  Banska  Bystrica  (Slovakia),  and  at the age of  fourteen      he  was   accepted  to the Cimbalom  World  Association .Simultaneously  Mykhaylo finished the evening  secondary school in Dolyna, in 2004 he entered  the  Carpathian National University named after V. Stefanik  in Ivano - Frankivsk,   and in four years -  to Academy of Arts in Banska Bystrica. The Ministry of Culture of China invited Mykhaylo to  give lectures  on European  cimbalom music  in different  universities of Peking. At that he participated in recording for Chinese TV. The artist of twenty received the award of Mayor of Banska Bystrica (Slovak Republic) for the successful presentation of the Banska Bystrica region and diploma for his outstanding contribution to promoting and preserving Ukrainian culture and folk traditions (Ukraine). For outstanding special contribution and presentation  he was named  “Honorary Citizen of Dolyna”. In that year Mykhaylo  was introduced  to personal encyclopedia  "Who's Who"  of the Slovak Republic (biographies of well - known personalities). In 2009 he  successfully  completed  training in the Carpathian National  University named after V. Stefanik, and  in a year  married  the Slovak pianist Dana Demeova. Long performance collaboration with his wife results in a significant number of public concerts and recordings on the radio.

Competitions
Mykhaylo Zakhariya received great awards at international, national and regional competitions. At the age of 6 he became laureate at the 4 th International Hutsul festival and since starting his success. In 1996 – the first prize at national contest "New Names of Ukraine", which he confirmed after a year. In 1997 - an absolute winner  of competition among  students performing music and art schools. 1998 brought him the first prize in  the regional contest of stringed folk instruments in Ivano - Frankivsk and  the Diploma  of the governor of Ivano - Frankivsk region for  concert activity and success in competitions. In 1999  Mykhaylo  as a soloist of orchestra “Gerdan”  received  the first prize at the IX International  Hutsul  Festival, and  the first prize in  the  competition  "Near the Black Sea“, which was confirmed with the same success in a year. And 2000   brings  a  rich harvest of diplomas, won the festival "Kobzar Strings",  Mykhaylo became  an absolute winner among students of music schools (this victory he was able to repeat twice more). In 2001,  gaining  the second place in the international competition euro Carpathian  region  "silver bell"  in Uzhorod and the Jury Prize for best performance of virtuoso music. Three years later he won the international competition “Eugena Cocu"  in Moldova, next year he was the third. Further enriching the collection of awards comes from the Czech Republic after the international  cimbalom  competition in Valasske Mezirici (2005 and 2007 - first place). In Belarus in  the   international competition I. Zinovicha  he was  awarded a special jury prize. In March 2012, participating in international competition "Concorso Internazionale 4 Esecuzione Musicale di Giovanni Musicista - Citta di Treviso in Italy. In the solo category receives the first prize and gold medal in the category of chamber music obtained in a duo with his wife, pianist Dana Zakhariya also the first prize, gold medal and the title of absolute winner.

Concert activity
Concerts were concentrated in many countries, except Ukraine (solo performance with the American pianist Michael Dalinger at the invitation of professor of the Academy of Music of Tchaikovsky Olga Lysenko) and Slovakia (Studio 21, cimbalom concert on Slovak radio, cimbalom  concert  of Academy of Arts in BB - School for Young, Devin radio musicale), listeners can hear him in Belarus, Russia, Moldova, Latvia, Kazakhstan, China, Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Poland (8 th International Festival of Young Laureates of Music Competitions in Katovice, 18 International Festival of Chamber and Organ Music in  Wygielzow – Lipowiec, 20 International Festival of Contemporary Music in Krakov, (an invitation to record radio broadcasts). In Budapest, in addition to numerous solo concerts (the anniversary of the Hungarian cimbalist Aladar Racz,  cymbalom international concert in the Czech and Slovak institutions), he also played running conductor and pianist Tamas Vasary with Youth Symphony Orchestra Kodaly - Bartok. With this orchestra he has performed as soloist in Slovakia and in the Grand 'Place - Grote Markt in Brussels. Collaborated as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestra Conservatory J. L. Bellu (International Festival in Greece), with 55 - member Orchestra, “Zlate husle” and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Debrecen (Hungary). 3 years worked at the Military folklore ensemble "Janosik". In addition to hosting the orchestra "Gerdan" we hear it constantly in "Brilliant orchestra" of Milan Olšiak. As a soloist he participated in four World cimbalom Congresses  in four different countries. (6 th Congress - Lviv, Ukraine, 7 th Congress - Appenzell, Switzerland, 8 th Congress - Beijing, China, 9 th Congress - Oberammergau, Germany, 11 th Congress – Budapest, Hungary). In 2012 he performed at the concert double bass club with an excellent slovak double - bass playear Jan Krigovsky which premiered a song by the Spanish artist. Regularly recordings of his concerts and interviews are broadcasted  on Ukrainian radio,  his  name often appears on the pages of the press in the media. Many poets have dedicated poems to him (Nadiya Dychka, Vasul Oliynuk),  his name is in the encyclopedia of Dolyna. Today, he interpreted the formations of more than 160 different composers of all stylistic periods and is constantly expanding his repertoire. He also enjoys folk music - Slovak, Hungarian, Ukrainian and Romanian folklore. He played with many folk bands and has recorded seven CDs of folk music. Last year he published his own 2 Cd. When he was eight, his playing was heard by  the famous Ukrainian cimbalist, composer Dmytro Popiciuk, who was already predicted his promising career. Today Mykhaylo Zakhariya has many formations of the author in the repertoire, that really is the golden fund of cimbalom Ukrainian literature.