He got a Cand.mag. in 1998 under guidance of Mikhail Alperin, known as pianist of the Moscow Art Trio and from brilliant solo performances and recordings, and did postgraduate studies with the group Tri O'Trang culminating with cand.musicae exam in 2001.
Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Юхи́мович Альпе́рін, born 7 November 1956 in Kamenez Podolsky, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian jazz musician (piano), known as a key member of the Moscow Art Trio.
Mikhail Gorbachev | Mikhail Baryshnikov | Mikhail Bulgakov | Mikhail Lermontov | Mikhail Vrubel | Mikhail Bakunin | Mikhail Botvinnik | Mikhail Skobelev | Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov | Mikhail Glinka | Mikhail Chigorin | Mikhail Tal | Mikhail Arkadyevich Svetlov | Mikhail Turovsky | Mikhail Trepashkin | Mikhail Sholokhov | Mikhail Khodorkovsky | Mikhail Kaneev | Mikhail Boyarsky | Mikhail Bakhtin | Mikhail Vorontsov | Mikhail Tukhachevsky | Mikhail Pletnev | Mikhail Nesterov | Mikhail Natarevich | Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet | Mikhail Tomsky | Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin | Mikhail Olegovich Yefremov | Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov |