Nikolay Kartoziya

Nico Cartosio (born Nicola Cartosia, May 5, 1978) is a contemporary classical composer and producer. Nico was born in USSR. His mother is from Latvia, father is from Georgia. Family name is an exact match with the small Italian commune 'Cartosio' in Piedmont.

There were no musicians in his family. His parents connected their lives with science, physics, and mathematics, and tried to pass their passion on son. However, Nico showed great interest in playing the piano. He began composing music at the age of five. In the 1980s he studied at a special music school for gifted children.

In 1996, because of his parents’ will, Nico entered the Faculty of Journalism. After graduation for a long time, his career was related to the media industry. From 2000 to 2012 he worked as an editor, editor-in-chief, copywriter and scriptwriter. Also he directed several documentaries (оne of them is dedicated to the famous Russian-Jewish exiled poet Joseph Brodsky, Nobel laureate in Literature 1987) and wrote soundtracks.

After then he began to produce his own TV projects. In 2013 he created and launched TV channel “FRIDAY”. It initially focused on travel and lifestyles programming. A list of television programs formerly or currently broadcast by Friday consists of original formats and the most successful Ukrainian reality shows.