I was born in Leningrad. I started my career as a child. At the age of eight, on the accordion, which my uncle gave me, I picked up the song "Eh roads" (not knowing musical notation, only by ear). When I was 10-12 years old, a mysterious man, tall, wearing a black wide-brimmed hat and a white raincoat, came to school and began to select boys who had a sense of rhythm to become pioneer drummers. When my turn came, I repeated exactly all the rhythms that this mysterious man had set. He was surprised and took off his hat. He asked, "Do you want to play in a brass band?”. "On a huge drum?"…
So I got into the orchestra of the House of Pioneers of the Nevsky district. However, I didn't like the big drum – it was heavy and rough. But the cornet was a fairy tale, I played it for several years, but later switched to the trumpet. I also composed my first melodies on it.

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When I turned 18, I was drafted into the border troops and asked if I could play any instruments. I said no. Why? To be honest, I just didn’t want to be in the training squad, I was attracted to the service at the outpost, a real romance.
However, I couldn’t go without music during these two years of service. Once in the Kamchatka border District, I played in an ensemble for six months and even toured the region.
I was a soloist.

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The amazing melodies of Tariverdiev, Petrov, Paul Maria Orchestra, ABBA groups, Secret Service, Italian and French pop were so fascinating and exciting that I decided to bond my life with music forever.
Later I entered the musical college named after Mussorgsky to the department of pop vocals. Although the school usually does not accept applicants without an elementary musical education, Yana
Leonidovna Kobina, a vocal teacher, took me to her class right after the audition.
During my studies, I sang in the choir of the Church of St. George the Victorious, participated
in numerous concerts at city venues, holidays, and in military units. Under the direction of Yana
Leonidovna, I performed as a part of the vocal quartet DOUBLE-1, in which, by the way,
my friend Alexander Grebenshchikov, a famous St. Petersburg singer, participated.

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Work

One of the brightest stages in my career was working with Marina Kapuro in the ABBAMANIA
project in 2005, in which I participated as a backing vocalist. Concerts then took place in the St.
Petersburg Music Hall. Over time, the songs in my performance began to sound on the radio BALTIKA, 100 "FM-TV" and TRC PETERSBURG.

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