V. Akulovich was born in 1948 in Vienna, Austria. Graduated the Leningrad Culture Institute and post-graduate course at the Leningrad conservatory as a conductor of a folk instruments orchestra.
Since 1972 he is a the teacher of faculty orchestral conducting at the St.Petersburg State Culture and Art University. In 1983 he has protected the dissertation on a history of an orchestra of Russian folk instruments. V. Akulovich has published more than 30 works on problems of folk instruments music. He is the author of arrangements for an orchestra and “Skomorokhi” ensemble (“skomorokhi” is the plural of “skomorokh” — a folk musician in Ancient Russia).
V. Akulovich gives many concerts. He has prepared the concert programs as the conductor with different folk instruments orchestras: the Academic orchestra named by V. Andreyev, the Moscow National orchestra named by N. Ossipov, St.Petersburg Concert orchestra, philharmonic orchestras of Petrozavodsk, Cherepovets, Kaliningrad. He was repeatedly invited as the conductor to Manchester (England), since 1995 cooperates with Helsingfors balalaika orchestra of Helsinki (Finland).
Since 1969 V. Akulovich has been the founder and permanent leader of “Skomorokhi” ensemble. The high level of “Skomorokhi” ensemble's masterly performance has allowed him to represent Russian national musical art in 20 countries of the world, to receive the awards and prizes on the international festivals and competitions, to prepare the concert programs with the outstanding soloists — virtuosoes of a folk instrumental genre of Russia. These concerts are noticeable musical events of St.Petersburg.
Since 1995 V. Akulovich gives a continual author's cycle of broadcasts at the St.Petersburg radio (more than hundred broadcasts), acquainting the audience with the performers on Russian folk instruments.
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