The Artistic Director of the Choir, professor, Honoured Art Worker of Russia, has been working with the Children’s Choir of TV and Radio Company of St.Petersburg since 1968 as a choir-master, and since 1988 as the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor. Finished the Choral Song-School named after M.I.Glinka (the former Chapel), and graduated from the St.Petersburg (Leningrad) Conservatoire named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov. Since 1964 he has been teaching conducting in St.Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts.