Galina Vale (nee Vernigora) was born in the Ukraine and comes from a family of musicians. She began studying the guitar and made her first public performance at the age of eight. Four years later she was performing guitar concertos with the Kharkov Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. From 1985 to 1991 she studied at the Moscow Gnesiny Music College while also employed as principal guitarist with the Kharkov State Philharmonia from 1986 until 1997. The Legend, Galina's first CD, received funding from the Gendai Guitar Foundation of Japan and was released in 1996 (under her maiden name Galina Vernigora). It featured on US FM radio in the network programme edition of 'Great Women Guitarists' produced by 'Classical Guitar Alive!' in 1997 and later with Maltese National Radio on the programme 'Cantabile'. The CD includes works by Salvador, De Falla, Sabicas, Rodriguez, Sainz de la Maza, Dyens, Cardoso, Escudero, Tirao, Ramirez, Mertz, Barrios, Shevchenko and Rak. Instrumental Guitar (Acoustic/Classical), total running time, 65:54