Recipient of a special prize for performing a contemporary work at the Rimsky-Korsakov Competition (2004).
Born in St Petersburg.
Graduated from the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire (class of Professor Morozov).
Soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers since 2000.
Repertoire includes: Vinokur (May Night); Old Grandpa (The Tale of Tsar Saltan); Astrologer (The Golden Cockerel); German Interpreter (Semyon Kotko); District Constable (The Nose); Goro (Madama Butterfly) and Brighella (Ariadne auf Naxos).