Born in Oryol. Graduated from the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire in 2001. Soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers since 2000.
At the Mariinsky Theatre he has performed the following roles: Mityukha, Local Boyar (Boris Godunov); Varsonofyev (Khovanshchina); Fyodor Poyarok (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia); Rotny, Zaretsky (Eugene Onegin); Emperor of China (Le rossignol); Don Carlos (Betrothal in a Monastery); Matveyev, Napoleon (War and Peace); Baron Trombonok (Il viaggio a Reims); Belcore (Lґelisir dґamore in concert); Commissioner (La traviata); Imperial Commissioner (Madama Butterfly); Amanti di Nicolao (Gianni Schicchi); Mandarin (Turandot); Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro); Brabantian Noble (Lohengrin); High Priest of Dagon (Samson et Dalila) and Luther (Les contes dґHoffmann).