In the late 1970s, he moved to Moscow and was accepted into the Central School of Music for gifted young musicians, graduating in 1988.

His music has been performed by musicians such as Alexei Lubimov, Yuri Bashmet, Vadym Kholodenko, Tatiana Grindenko and OPUSPOSTH, Mark Pekarsky and his ensemble, as well as pianists Polina Osetinskaya and Mikhail Dubov.

In 2009, in New York, the choreographer Pam Tanowitz won the new dance award “The Bessies”, using Pavel's music for her show titled ”Be in the Gray with me”.

In June 2013 Bolshoi Theatre staged Alexander Borodin's Prince Igor,[12] which was warmly received by audiences and critics.

According to Vassily Sinaisky, the Bolshoi chief conductor, such a new structure of the opera was conceived to make it more dynamic and intense.