[4] He got accepted into prestigious Artist Diploma program at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music (Los Angeles), which he finished with honors, being named an outstanding graduate of the year.

[5] In 2016 he finished Doctor of Musical Arts program at the Thornton School, in piano with Daniel Pollack and in instrumental conducting with Larry J. Livingston.

His other mentors in different years were Aleksey Nasedkin, Mikhail Voskresensky, Pavel Egorov, Yuri Rozum, Arie Vardi, Naum Shtarkman, Stewart L. Gordon.

[1] Beginning in the fall of 2016, Khomyakov holds the position of Associate Professor at Saddleback College (Mission Viejo, California).

[9] Since his early years of studies at the University of Southern California, he has been chosen to be an assistant to Daniel Pollack and teach weekly master-classes at the Thornton School.