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I was born on May 7, , in Votkinsk, Russia, to a military family. My father worked as a mining engineer and served as a lieutenant colonel in the army. My mother leaned towards a career in the arts. She was French and German and had taught me the languages at a young age so that by six years old, I could speak them fluently. I was always inclined towards music my fondest childhood memory is playing with an orchestrion.

At five years old, I began taking piano lessons, and my parents were quite supportive of this nurturing talent I seemed to have. It was apparent they wanted more for me than a music career, though. At the time, becoming a musician or composer was not a viable career. There was very little financial support on the job and even less financial stability.

From a young age, my parents pushed me towards a career as a civil servant. Since I was too young to attend entry age was twelve years old, and I was only ten , I attended a preparatory school beforehand, which I did not enjoy. Coming from a doting family, straight into independence in a school with minimal comfort or human contact experience, was traumatizing.