 He emigrated to Australia with his parents, Fedir and Maria and sister Lidia.In November 1950 they arrived in Melbourne on the passenger liner "Goya" initially living in migrant camps in Bonegilla and Nelson Bay before settling in Newcastle, New South Wales.After completing his education in Newcastle he moved to Sydney in 1966 to pursue studies in electrical engineering at the Sydney Institute of Technology graduating in 1972, also formal musical studies in classical guitar, music theory, composition and voice.