In 1998, he graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of teacher A. Knyazev.
In 1984, he became the winner of the Regional Competition of Young Cellists in Moscow.
In 1989, he became a laureate of the Moscow Competition of Young Cellists.
In 1998, he joined the "Sheremetev-Ensemble" (piano quartet) as a member and leader.
In 2001, as part of the "Sheremetev-Ensemble," he became a Diploma winner of the International J. Brahms Competition, Austria.
In 2002, with the "Sheremetev-Ensemble," he recorded a disc of works by the American composer John Mitchell.
In 2005, a new disc of the "Sheremetev-Ensemble" was released, which included piano quartets by R. Schumann and J. Brahms.
From 2003 to 2018, he worked in the Russian National Orchestra under the direction of M. Pletnev.
Since 2012, he has been actively involved in the restoration and further development of the so-called Old Performing School. Representatives of this school were Liszt, Paganini, Kontski, Chopin, Cortot, Rachmaninoff, Kreisler, Piatigorsky, Shafran, and many other major musicians. One of the last representatives of this School is Martha Argerich, as a performer who has most fully preserved the technological and musical techniques.
Since 2012, he has been teaching the Cello Playing School.
Since 2018, he has been performing as a soloist. He has experience performing both solo and chamber concerts in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, England, Singapore, Ukraine, and Russia.
Since 2022, he has been living in Latvia.