Education

• 1967-1972: Completed Artist's diploma program (Master's degree equivalent) in chamber music, pedagogy, and orchestra solo cello performance from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, Moscow, Russia. Studied cello with Natalia Shakhovskaya and Mstislav Rostropovich (now director of the Washington, D. C. National Orchestra). Studied chamber music with Dmitri Shebalin, of the Borodin Quartet.
• 1967: Obtained a Diploma for cello and piano performance from the Special School for Exceptionally Gifted Children in Moscow.

Professional Experience

• 1997 - pres.: Founding member and cellest of the L'Amoroso String Quartet, with Alex Palamides on violin and other members of the San Diego Symphony, San Diego, CA.
• 1997, Dec.: Concert tour of Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka, Japan with the L'Amoroso String Quartet and music faculty members from the Senzoku Gakuen University, Tokyo, Japan.
• 1997, Oct.: Performed solo recitals at the University of San Diego and the Athenaeum in La Jolla including works such as the Rhapsody for Cello and Piano by Henry Kolar.
• 1996 - pres.: Founding member of Trio Opus 3, performing works for cello, clarinet and piano in Mexico and California.
• 1990 -1995: Founding member of the Moscow String Quartet in Mexico City.
• 1975 - 1990: Active recitalist and pedagogue in Moscow, Russia.
• 1972 - 1975: Section cello with the Moscow radio and Television Orchestra under the direction of Maxim Shostakovich.

Teaching Experience

• 1998 - pres.: Instructor of cello at Music West School for Children, at stella Maris Academy, La Jolla, CA.
• 1996 - pres.: Instructor of cello and chamber music at the Fairbands School of Performing Arts, fairbanks ranch, CA.
• 1996 - pres.: Member of the Music teachers Association of California.
• 1996- 1997: Adjudicator at the California Young artist's Competition, Escondido, CA.
• 1996 Instructor of master classes at the Inter-American Summer Course for String Pedagogy, San Jose, Costa Rica.
• 1990 - 1995: Director of the cello program at the School for the Perfection of Life and Movement in Mexico City, D. F. Mexico.
• 1980 - 1985: Instructor of cello master classes at the Festival of Tour, France with maestros Vladimir Spivakov, Yuri Baschmet, and Mikhail Kapelman.
• 1977 - 1990: Director of the Young artist's Cello Ensemble of Moscow, Russia performing regularly at the Bolshoi Concert Hall.
• 1976 - 1990: Instructor of cello pedagogy at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, Moscow, Russia.
• 1975 - 1990: Instructor of cello at the Moscow conservatory College, Moscow, Russia.

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