When Nikolai was nine, he entered the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music for gifted children (class T.Shklovskaya) and then attended the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (class of prof. Sergei Dorensky), which he graduated with honors in 2021 under professors Nikolai Lugansky and Andrey Pisarev.

In September 2019, he was awarded the first prize at the International Piano Competition “Wandering Music Stars” [10] in Tel Aviv.

The jury of the competition was headed by Israeli pianist Arie Vardi, also included other famous musical figures, professors of the world’s leading conservatories: Dmitri Alexeev, Farhad Badalbeyli, Emanuel Krasovsky, Tomer Lev and others.

In June 2021, Nikolai received the Grand Prix at the International Piano Competition in Monaco.

He has toured with recitals in cities of Russia, Spain, Italy, Estonia, Ukraine, Germany, France, Monaco, Slovenia, Japan, Oman and South American countries.