The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination. - Don Williams jnr. Listening to classical guitarist Alex Chudnovsky you cannot help being moved by his evocative, lyrical playing. But it is his compelling personal journey that led this Russian born musician all the way to Melbourne, Australia that informs the songs and leaves the listener with an insight to the extraordinary events that led to the making of Alex Chudnovsky as a Classical Guitarist. Alex himself has said, “Life is a constant Journey, never knowing what is around the corner or what may come your way”. His own journey started when his family fled Russia in 1978 with the intention of moving to America. They got as far as Austria only to change plans and decided on Israel as their new home. But after three months the war-like tension that permeated the country was deemed to not be a suitable environment for young Alex and his brother Igor, so they had no alternative but to lie to the local authorities saying that they were going on a holiday to Greece. Never intending to come back they stayed for a year before illegally crossing the Mediterranean to Italy where they stayed for two years before eventually finding a sponsor that enabled them to move to… Adelaide! “After four years of traveling, Alberton Primary School was both a relief and a culture shock” Alex laughs, but it was here that his love for music blossomed. With the