[1] A graduate of Moscow Conservatory's Central Music School, he studied piano under Victor Merzhanov.
He was active as a concert pianist through Europe and South America in subsequent years.
Slesarev is a People's Artist of Russia, and now teaches at the Moscow Conservatory.
[2] His pupils have included Vitaly Pisarenko and Vyacheslav Gryaznov.
Piano Forte News (newsletter interviewing Slesarev)