Yuri Hnatkovsky was born in
Lviv. He finished the Lviv's Politekhnika (
Lviv Polytechnic) as a
civil engineer. In 2006, with the help of the concert band of
Maria Zankovetska Theatre conducted a charity Christmas music show
Snizhnist with intentions to reanimate the Lviv's jazz life, for which it was well known. ==Personal life==