[2] Dimitri studied in Russia at the Russian Gnesins's Academy of Music under Alexander Frauchi, and later in Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (Germany) under Andreas von Wangenheim and also took lessons with composer and guitarist Nikita Koshkin.

[3] Illarionov is the winner and laureate of numerous international competitions in the USA, Spain, Poland, Belgium, the Czech Republic and Russia.

Illarionov's Classical Duo CD (Delos Records) with Russian cellist Boris Andrianov entered the long-list of the 2004 Grammy Awards.

He has collaborated with famous conductors, including Vladimir Fedoseev, Alexander Sladkovsky, Fabio Mastrangelo, Leo Brouwer, César Alvarez.

He played with many famous performers on various instruments, including Boris Andrianov, Patrick Galois, Igor Fedorov, Andrey Baranov, Leonard Schreiber, Sergey Dogadin, Edin Karamazov, Nikolay Sivchuk, the Artis-Quartet and many others.