from Chisinau, Rep. Moldova.
First musical education at the "Ciprian Porumbescu" music high school in Chisinau, Moldova. Afterwards he studied at the Musikhochschule in Trossingen with Prof. Akio Koyama, at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim with Prof Ole K. Dahl and at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart with Prof. Marc Engelhardt.
During his school years he successfully participated in international competitions in Romania, winning 1st prize at the "Remember Enescu" in 2000 in Bucharest and 1st prize at the "Miniatura Romantica" 2003 in Galati, Romania.
In 2014 he became Deputy Principal Bassoonist of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra in Finland, where he worked until 2020.
As a substitute or on temporary contract he played with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, the Tonkünstler Orchestra, the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Saarbrücken, the Radio Symphony Orchestra Helsinki, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra (Finland), the Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra and the Dalasinfoniettan (Sweden).
Additionally, he was a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra as a baroque bassoonist in 2016. He has also performed with historic instruments with the Finnish Baroque Orchestra and the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra.
Since 2020 he has been deputy principal bassoonist with the RSO Vienna.