History
Oleh Kulyk was born in the village of Stavnytsia, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine.
From 1978–1982 he studied in the Khmelnytskyi Musical School and received diplomas as a teacher of music, a flautist and a conductor of brass bands and symphonic orchestras and performed as a flautist in symphonic orchestras and brass bands for four years.
He did his military service during 1982–1984 in the orchestra of the Khmelnytskyi Higher Command Artillery College.
In 1984–1988 he studied in Khmelnytskyi Technological Institute of public services at the Engineering-Economical Faculty, from which he graduated with a degree in accounting and economic analysis.
While studying, Kulyk held the position of art director and stage manager of 12 creative bands at the same institute, bands that became winners of regional, republican and All-Soviet Union contests. As the best bands of Ukraine they were invited to go on tour through Bulgaria, Malta, Italy, Turkey, Greece and Russia.
Since 1988 Kulyk has worked at the children's music school N1 teaching the flute, where he set up the children's folk band that participated in the city and interregional concerts and festivals. He was also studying at Khmelnytskyi Orthodox Diocese, where he took the examinations to become a clergyman.
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