Education

• L'gov Music School (L'gov, Russia), from 1972 to 1979 studying Classical Piano.

• Kursk Music College "I.K. Sviridova" (Kursk, Russia), from 1981 to 1983, studying as Conductor of Choir and Vocal Arts.

• Ventspils Music College (Ventspils, Latvia), from 1983 to 1986 studying as Conductor of Choir and Vocal Arts, under the guidance of professor Hermina Sala. Diploma as Conductor of Choir, Teacher of Solfeggio and Teacher of Classical Piano.

• Gnesin Academy of Music (Moscow, Russia), in 1986 under the guidance of professor Zara Doluhanova, the legendary russian chamber singer.

• Riga Music Academy (Riga, Latvia), from 1993 to 1995 under the guidance of the professor Lyudmila Braun and of the lyric soprano solist Lilja Zilvere.

• Riga Opera House (Riga, Latvia), in 1996 under the guidance of Anita Garanča, Professor at the Latvian Academy of Music, Associated Professor at the Latvian Academy of Culture and vocal pedagogue at the Latvian National Opera.

• From 1997 to 1999 under the guidance of singing teacher professor Irina Gavrilovici, Vienna Music Academy (Vienna, Austria), improving in the Old Italian School of Singing.

• Erickson NLP University (Riga, Latvia), from 1997 to 1999 studying psychology and psychotherapy through neuro-linguistic programming.

• Svjato Filaretovskij Pravoslavno Christianskij Institut (Moscow, Russia), from 2006 to 2009 studying theology.