Born in Moscow in 1973 into a family of musicians. He first studied piano, and in the sixth grade  began studying percussion in the class of V. M. Barkov. After graduating from the Music College of the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory (class of A.V. Kurashov), he entered the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor V.B. Grishin), graduating in 1998, and then went on to postgraduate studies (“Contemporary Music Orchestra” programme).

He has worked in various symphony orchestras, including Young Russia (1993–1999), the Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra under P. Kogan (1999–2003), New Russia (2003–2015) and the Symphony Orchestra of the Russian State Musical Centre (2015–2018). Since 2018 he has been a member of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra.

He has taken part in the premieres of many works, some of which were written especially for him.

A soloist of the Studio for New Music ensemble since 1993.