Date of birth 31.07.1931
	Study of music, Fullbright scholarship of the city of Hamburg at the State College of Music
	1st price of the German college competition 1958
	4½ octave voice
	Soloist of the Doncossack Choir - Sergej Jaroff, as well as the Black Sea- and Ural Mountains Cossack Choir
	Numerous theater engagements in Europe
	1968 breakthrough and beginning of his international career at the "Théâtre Marigny" in Paris, France, playing the part of "Tevje" in the musical "Fiddler on the roof" (1476 performances in a row)
	Main roles in different productions and movies:   "The Barber of Seville" by Gioacchino Rossini "Boris Godunov" by Modest Moussorgsky "The Gypsies' Baron" and "Blood of Vienna" by Johann Strauß "The Rose Cavalier" by Richard Strauß "Der Bettelstudent" by Karl Millöcker
	Permanent presence as star guest in most famous radio and TV-shows
	Presenter and host of his own TV-shows
	1985 order of the Federal Republic of Germany honouring his contribution of building understanding between the peoples of the East and the West
	Freeman of the Greek Sporadian island Skopelos, his domicile
	Meanwhile 49 golden LP's worldwide in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific islands, USA, Canada, Iceland and almost every European country
	Worldwide tours with over 200 concerts per year (for instance in Europe, Russia, South Africa, Australia, Japan, USA, Philippine Islands, New Zealand ... )
	Various concert programmes:   church concerts with classical-sacred music secular concerts in halls with mixed programme gala evening concerts and others