He completed studies at the Lviv Conservatory, post graduate studies in composition at the Leningrad Conservatory, and doctorate at the Russian Institute of Culture.
He has authored 4 books and 10 collections of his musical compositions.
His compositions include symphonic works and the music to 12 films.
He is head of the Eurasian School of Contemporary Musicology and head of instrumental studies at the Russian Institute for Art History (РИИИ РАН) in Saint Petersburg.
Doctor of Art Criticism, academic of the Russian Academy of Sciences, officer of the NGO International Informatization Academy in Moscow.