Born in Oryol. Graduated from the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire in 2001.
Soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers since 2000.
At the Mariinsky Theatre he has performed the following roles:Mityukha, Local Boyar (
Boris Godunov)
Varsonofyev (
Khovanshchina)
Fyodor Poyarok (
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia)
Rotny, Zaretsky (
Eugene Onegin)
Emperor of China (
Le rossignol)
Don Carlos (
Betrothal in a Monastery)
Matveyev, Napoleon (
War and Peace)
Baron Trombonok (
Il viaggio a Reims)
Belcore (
L´elisir d´amore in concert)
Commissioner (
La traviata)
Imperial Commissioner (
Madama Butterfly)
Amanti di Nicolao (
Gianni Schicchi)
Mandarin (
Turandot)
Figaro (
Le nozze di Figaro)
Brabantian Noble (
Lohengrin)
Pantalone (
The Love for three Oranges)
High Priest of Dagon (
Samson et Dalila)
and Luther (
Les contes d´Hoffmann)