Background
Vasily Ivanovich Zharkov was born on January 1, 1925 Orenburg, Russian Federation.
Vasily Ivanovich Zharkov was born on January 1, 1925 Orenburg, Russian Federation.
Vasily graduated from the Department of Military Conductors at the Moscow Conservatory (1948, conductor and historical-theoretical department). He also finished the Theoretical and Composing Department of the State Musical Pedagogical Institute named after Gnessin (1962, class of Professor Aram Ilyich Khachaturyan).
Vasily lived in Voronezh since 1954. He worked as a teacher of the conductor disciplines (1959-1963), head of the correspondence (1965-1971), theoretical (1972-1981), pop (1982-1985) departments of the Voronezh Musical College.