Born on 18 January 1995, he began piano studies at four and later graduated from the Rostov State Rachmaninov Conservatory and the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar, studying under Rimm Skorokhodov, Balázs Szokolay, Thomas Steinhöfel and Nikolai Demidenko. He is now studying for a Doctorate at the Hochschule für Musik in Weimar. He has won prizes at major competitions, including 3rd & best improvisation prizes at the Chopin Competition in Darmstadt; 1st prize at the International SkavronskyInspiration Piano Competition in Volgodonsk (Russia); 3rd at the Benditsky International Piano Competition in Saratov (Russia); 2nd at the International Musica Classica Fryderyk Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in Moscow.