Immediately recognized as a specially gifted child, he entered class of Vladimir Krpan and graduated piano at the Zagreb Academy of Music as one of the youngest students in the history of this institution.

[1] He obtained a soloist diploma at the Conservatoire de Lausanne with Jean-François Antonioli and received a master's degree at the Hochschule für Musik Köln where his teachers were Vassily Lobanov (piano), Tilmann Claus and Johannes Fritsch (composition and improvisation).

[4] He regularly gives recitals and appears as a soloist with orchestras throughout Europe, in Asia, Africa, South America, Russia and Israel; in the venues such as Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, Dubai Opera, St Martin-in-the-Fields, National Auditorium of Music in Madrid, Gasteig in Munich, Mozarteum Salzburg, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Shanghai Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Centre; and at the festivals of Bolzano,[5] Dubrovnik, Vienna, Moscow, Palma de Mallorca, Dar-es-Salaam, Verbier and many others.

[9] He is a first prize winner of the international piano competitions “Ricard Viñes” 2008 in Lérida [10] and “Alexander Scriabin” 2010 in Paris,[11] and laureate of the 6th China Shanghai International Piano Competition and Concours International de Piano de Lyon (France),[12] received a title of the Young Musician of The Year 2010 given by Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra in Croatia, and won prizes such as Swiss Prix Paderewski, Yamaha Foundation's Award in Madrid, Pnina Salzman Memorial Award in Israel and Artists on Globe Award 2014.

[19] The album has been critically acclaimed, while the Belgian classical music magazine Crescendo compared it to those of Christian Zacharias and Vladimir Horowitz.