Born March 16, 1956 in Leningrad.
In 1963 he entered the SSMSH the Leningrad State Conservatory named after Rimsky-Korsakov. He graduated from the Conservatory viola (Prof. Yu.M.Kramarov), was a post-graduate from Professor V.I.Stopicheva.
Diploma-Union competition of performers (1980).
From 1978 to 1991 he worked in the orchestra of the Kirov (Mariinsky) Theatre as deputy concertmaster of the violas (conductor - YU.H. Temirkanov).
In 1991 he entered the Academic Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg Philharmonic, where since 1994 he has been the concertmaster of the violas. Honored Artist of Russia in 2001.
Playing in a quartet named Stravinsky (formerly the New Philharmonic Quartet).
Performing practice successfully combines with teaching, being a teacher SSMSH-Lyceum of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, viola and string quartet.