Awards & Competitions:
| First place winner at American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition | New York, NY | 2013 |
| Second Prize at Joan and Daniel Rutenberg International Chamber Music Competition | Tampa, FL | 2009 |
| Second Prize at 46th Annual Lima Young Artists Competition | Lima, OH | 2007 |
| Winner at Firelands Symphony Concerto Competition | Sandusky, OH | 2005 |
| Third Prize at Eighth Annual Hellam Young Artists' Competition | Springfield, MO | 2005 |
| First Prize at Elizabeth Harper Vaughn Concerto Competition | Kingsport, TN | 2005 |
| Winner at Tuesday Scholarship Musical Competition | Akron, OH | 2004 |
| Second Prize at Young Artist Chamber Music Competition of Mazur | St. Petersburg, Russia | 2000 |
Summer Festivals:
| Toronto Summer Music Festival, Toronto Canada | 2010 |
| Colorado College Summer Festival, Colorado | 2009 |
| Killington Summer Music Festival, Vermont | 2008 |
| Hot Spring Music Festival, Arkansas | 2006 |
| Master classes at Academy of Menuhin, Switzerland | 2005 |
| Casalmaggiore International Festival, Italy | 2005 |
| Casalmaggiore International Festival, Italy | 2004 |
| Musicorda String Festival, Massachusetts | 2000 |
| Musicorda String Festival, Massachusetts | 1999 |
Education:
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University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) Doctorate of Musical Arts, Yehonatan Berick |
2007-2011 |
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Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH) Masters of Music, Vasile Beluska |
2005-2007 |
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Oberlin College Conservatory (Oberlin, OH) Bachelors of Music, Gregory Fulkerson, Alla Aranovskaya |
2000-2005 |
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Special Music School of Rimsky-Korsakov at the St. Petersburg Conservatory (Russia) Diploma, Alla Aranovskaya |
1990-2000 |
Appearances with orchestras:
| Southern Great Lakes Symphony | 2013 |
| Hot Springs Festival Orchestra | 2006 |
| Symphony of Mountains | 2005 |
| The Firelands Symphony | 2005 |
Master classes/chamber music coachings:
Glenn Dicterow, Jennifer Koh, Milan Vitek, Pacifica Quartet, Roger Chase, Mikhail Gantvarg, Martin Katz, Taras Gabora, Richard Goode, Csaba Erdelyi, Menahem Pressler, Penderecki Quartet, Alice Schonefield.