Sergey Gorkusha was born in Vinitsa. He started to study the guitar at the age of 12 with I.A.Levitskaya. He graduated from the Zhytomyr musical college with A.Khodakovsky. Currently he studies at the Kharkov National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts (prof. V.Dozenko).During his tenure at the University he became a laureate of several national and international guitar competitions and festivals: International competition ‘Silver Bell’ (Uzhgorod, Ukraine, 2008) - diploma; International guitar competition ‘GitAs-2009’ (Kiev, Ukraine) - 3rd place; ‘New Names’ (Kiev, Ukraine, 2009) - 1st place; International guitar competition (Belgorod, Russia, 2012) - 3rd place; Carpathian Region International Guitar Competition - 2013 (Budapest, Hungary) - 3rd place; Zhytomyr Musical Spring (Zhytomyr, Ukraine, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013); 'Days of new music' (Kharkov, Ukraine, 2012); Chernigov Guitar Fest (Chernigov, Ukraine, 2013); '2 DAYS & 2 NIGHTS of new music' (Odessa, Ukraine, 2014).
Have collaborated with composer Richard Cameron-Wolfe - USA, Yo Spork - Netherlands, Andriy Kryzhanovskyi -Ukraine.