CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE
Orchestra Graduate Assistant, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Conservatory of Music and Dance, 2014-present
Founder and Music Director, Suprima Chamber Orchestra, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 2011-2015
Orchestra Director, Luther College Philharmonia, Decorah, IA, Spring Semester 2013
Director of Orchestras, St. Petersburg International Summer Academy: Beloit, WI; Falls Village, CT;Tijuana, Mexico; Dallas, TX; Lititz, PA; Wichita, KS, 2009-present

VIOLA PERFORMANCE
Violist of the St. Petersburg Piano Quartet, 2014-present
Violist of the St. Petersburg String Quartet, 2005-present
Assistant Principal Viola, Academic Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Russia, 2002-2003
Member of Viola Section, Academic Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Russia, 1999-2000

EDUCATION
Doctor of Musical Arts, Orchestral Conducting, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2014- present
Master of Music, Music Performance, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, 2003-2005
Master degree, Music Performance, St. Petersburg State Conservatory, Russia,1997-2002
Bachelor of Music, Music Performance, Novosibirsk Music College, Russia, 1993-1997
Bachelor degree, Mathematics, Novosibirsk State University, Russia, 1993-1997

COLLEGIATE EMPLOYMENT
The University of Kansas School of Music Assistant Professor of Viola, 2017- present
Adjunct Viola Instructor and Member of Quartet-in-Residence, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 2010-2016
Sabbatical Replacement for Viola Professor and Director of Luther College Philharmonia, Luther College, Decorah, IA, 2013 Spring Semester

CONDUCTING MENTORS
Robert Olson, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Leonid Korchmar, Assistant Conductor, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia
Oleg Proskurnya, International Academy of Advanced Conducting after Ilya Musin, Beloit, WI
Charles Peltz, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Richard Hoenich, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Aleksandr Polischuk, St. Petersburg State Conservatory, St. Petersburg, Russia

VIOLA MENTORS
Kim Kashkashian, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Carol Rodland, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Aleksei Liudevig, St. Petersburg State Conservatory, Russia
Natalia Chernysheva, Novosibirsk Music College, Russia

AWARDS
Merit Award, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, 2004-2005
Second prize, Gartow Fund Solo Competition, St Petersburg, Russia, 2002
First prize with the Krasny Quartet, Gartow Fund Chamber Music Competition, St. Petersburg Russia, 1999

RECORDINGS
Tchaikovsky, the complete cycle of quartets and the sextet with the St. Petersburg String Quartet
Debussy, Ravel with the St. Petersburg String Quartet, Marquis label
Mendelssohn, Dvorák with the St. Petersburg String Quartet, Marquis label
Shebalin, the complete cycle of 9 quartets with Krasny Quartet, Olympia label