He was born in 1995, village Puru (Jõhvi Parish). Since 2003, he studied at the Secondary Special Music School of the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (class of Honoured Worker of Culture of Russia Anatoly Zelichyonk, since 2007 - Class of Honoured Artist of Russia Konstantin Baryshev). He studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory (class of Assistant Professor Boris Taburetkin). Since 2014 – artist of the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra.
The Laureate of International Competitions:
2010
- The Special Prize winner of International Mravinsky Competition (St. Petersburg).
2014
- The winner and the Dokschitzer Prize holder at the Mravinsky International Competition (St. Petersburg).
2017
- The winner and Special Prize holder at the Rimsky-Korsakov International Competition (St. Petersburg).
2018
- The winner of the II prize of the International Trumpet Competition in Vilnius.
2019
- The winner and holder of a special prize at the Trumpet Talents Tallinn International Competition.
2023
- The winner of the VII prize at the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow and Saint Petersburg, 19 June – 1 July 2023)
Holder of fellowship of the Interregional Charitable Public Foundation "New Names" (2006). The Participant of Spivakov International Charity Fund "Moscow meets Friends" (2007) and International Festival "Kharkov Assemblies" (2009-2011).
He has taken part in master classes with Vyacheslav Prokopov, Andrey Ikov, Sergey Nakaryakov, Jouko Harjanne, Marco Pierobon and other outstanding trumpeters.
He performs with the Ensamble "Russian Horn Chapel", guest soloist of the "Gracias" Orchestra (South Korea). In 2012, the Brass Quintet "Brass Time" was organized at his initiative. As the Ensemble Member, he won the II Prize at Mazur All-Russian Contest (St. Petersburg, 2012), the Winner of St.Petersburg Festival-Competition "Fanfares of Peter and Paul Fortress" (2014) and the Diploma Holder of International Competition Lieksa Brass Week (Finland, 2014). In 2014, he took part as the Quintet Member in Music Festival in La Rosier (France).
The Member of Music House Programs since 2011.
