2004: Principal viola at “Hermitage” Chamber Orchestra, artistic director Alexey Utkin

Performances with David Daniels and Aleksey Utkin at the Moscow State Conservatoire. Chamber music performances with the members of the orchestra.

2001-2002: Co-Principal viola at Russian Camerata Chamber Orchestra, artistic director Vyatcheslav Trushin
Baroque music CD recordings, performances at the Moscow State Conservatoire, Tchaikovsky Hall, UNESCO Hall in Paris, Grand Hall of Kazan Conservatoire.

2002: Philharmonia of the Nations, conductor Justus Franz

1998-2000: Voronezh State Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Verbitsky

1995-1998: Co-Principal viola at Voronezh Youth String Orchestra, conductor Yakov Leschiner

Education

2005-2007: Postgraduate performance course at the Russian Gnessins’ Academy of Music, Moscow, Russia
Principal Instructor: Prof. Alexandra Frantseva

2000-2005: Graduate course at Russian Gnessins’ Academy of Music, Moscow, Russia
Instructors: Prof. Vyatcheslav Trushin, Prof. Alexandra Frantseva, Prof. Valentin Berlinsky (“Borodin String Quartet”)

Awards

Stipend Award of the Russian Art of Performance foundation.

Second Prize and a Special Prize for the best performance of compulsory work on International Jeunesses Musicales Competition Belgrade, Yugoslavia as a member of Voronezh Youth String Orchestra.