Born in 1971, he graduated from the St Petersburg State Conservatory in 1997 as a trumpet player (class of Yu. Bolshiyanov). After graduating he was a soloist of the trumpet group of the symphonic orchestra of the St Petersburg Capella and a member of the Neva Brass Band. At the age of 27 he took his first singing classes.

In 2001-2004, he was a student of The Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg. In 2001, he performed his first role — the part of Boni in Kalman’s Silva in the production of The Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg. In 2007, he joined the Mikhailovsky Opera Company.