is a musician specialising in contemporary music and the promotion of Ukrainian music. He was born in 1991 in Kopychyntsi,  Ukraine, into a family of musicians. He first studied the violin  and, after seven years, began studying the double bass at the Ternopil Music College with Vasyl Felenchak. From 2010 to 2015,  he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the National Music  Academy of Ukraine, where he studied with Oleksandr Melnyk  of the National Opera of Ukraine.

Stets received his first professional engagement with the Halytsky Chamber Orchestra at the age of 16, and at 20 won the position of principal double bassist with the National Ensemble of  Soloists Kyiv Camerata. At the age of 26, he joined the faculty  of the National Music Academy of Ukraine.

In 2018, he received the Levko Revutskyi Prize from the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine for his performances of contemporary  Ukrainian music.He has attended masterclasses with renowned double bassists  including Nicolas Crosse, Chi-Chi Nwanoku, Jeff Bradetich, Leon  Bosch, Ruslan Lutsyk, Dan Styffe, and Hiroshi Ikematsu. He has  given the premieres of double bass concertos by Zoltan Almashi,  Alisa Zaika, Meryson Borghes, Oleksandr Levkovych, Julia Monducci, Edvard Kravchuk and Sergii Piliutikov, among others.

He has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral  player in more than 20 countries, appearing at festivals including  Manifest, GogolFest, 2 Days & 2 Nights of New Music, the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme, Contrasts, Course, Warsaw  Autumn, and Septembre Musical. He has cooperated with Ulysses  Ensemble, Salzburg Sinfonietta, Ensemble Nostri Temporis, Sed  Contra, New Era Orchestra, Kyiv Camerata and UKHO Ensemble. In recent years, he has also been active in the field of improvised  composition.

Selected works: Hommage à Dittersdorf for double bass and  string orchestra (2017), Hommage à Bottesini for double bass  and string orchestra (2018), Hommage à Sperger for double bass  and string orchestra (2018), Or for violin (2022), Pentahedrones  for violin (2023), Fear and Hope for string orchestra (2024),  50 on 50 for cello (2025), The Old Dog Still Has a Few Tricks Up  His Sleeve for two violins (2026), Perspectives of the Sky, improvisational composition for ensemble (2026).