Graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 2009.
Winner of the St. Petersburg Competition for Young Cellists (St. Petersburg, 1993), Laureate of the All-Russian Competition (Ryazan, 2000), Diploma-recipient of the International Dotzauer Competition (Dresden, 2001), Diploma-recipient of the International Mravinsky Competition (St. Petersburg 2003).
In 2009 he was invited to the Rimsky-Korsakov Quartet.