N ow in his fourth year of studies at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire (under the tutor S. Nikulshin), he is also a Soloist of the M. Glinka State Capella.

He has won diplomas at the National competition of Vocal and Piano Duos (Three Ages of the Classical Romance, St. Petersburg, 2006) and in 2005 was a prize-winner at the Sibelius competition in St. Petersburg.