Graduated with honors in composition and musicology at the Kharkiv Institute of the Arts, he further studied composition and electronic composition at the Kölner Musikhochschule in Germany. Among his wide interest in different music genre and style includes Indian raga, the Russian liturgy, the Cuban rumba and salsa, hip-hop and Brazilian samba. He also played keyboard in a Brazilian samba band, wrote music for radio plays, “light” orchestra and meditation music. His music rooted in Scriabin, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Lutoslawski, Schnittke, Kancheli and Höller.