I started piano at seven, and jazz improvisation became my first way of understanding music as something responsive and alive. By fifteen, I was studying at the Moscow Jazz Academy, performing in trios and big bands, and competing as a pianist.
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I later came to Berklee on a merit scholarship and graduated summa cum laude in Game and Interactive Media Scoring with a minor in Creative Coding. That’s where my worlds came together: composition, sound design, interactive audio, and technology through Wwise, FMOD, game engines, SuperCollider, and live coding.