Born in Leningrad. Graduated from the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire in 2000 (class of N. Alexeyev).
Soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers since 1999.
Mariinsky Theatre soloist since 2008.
At the Mariinsky Theatre he has performed the following roles:
Shchelkalov (Boris Godunov), Ovlur (Prince Igor), Eugene Onegin (Eugene Onegin), Robert (Iolanta), Silvio (I pagliacci), Marullo (Rigoletto), Germont, Baron Duphol (La traviata), Marcello (La boh?me), Prince Yamadori (Madama Butterfly), Danca?ro (Carmen), Pompeo (Benvenuto Cellini in concert), Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro) and Wigmaker, Harlequin (Ariadne auf Naxos).
Frequently gives recitals. Has toured with the Mariinsky Opera Company to Finland, Spain, the UK, Sweden and Japan as well as throughout Russia.