Born in Chișinău, Moldova, he graduated from the St Petersburg Conservatory in 2009 (class of Andrei Glukhov) and perfected his art at the Hochschule für Musik und Theatre Rostock with Michael Höltzel and Ignacio García.
In 2005–2010 he was member of the St Petersburg Philharmonic, in 2011–2012 of the National Opera of Chile orchestra.
Since 2013 he has been assistant soloist and since 2019 solo horn of the Mariinsky Orchestra.
