I was born in Ul'yanovsk, the USSR, in the family of musicians. I've grown surrounded by the atmosphere of arts, classical music, and classical rock.

My parents, who are both professional music teachers and players, nearly forced me to attend music classes at the age of eight (the piano class in State of Mordovia School of Music). The home of mine was always full with musical instruments of different kinds, so it was really hard for me to make my choice. I also tried studying classical guitar in the Ul'yanovsk State Music School (not giving up my piano, of course). By day when my family moved to Israel I still wasn't sure if I were going to choose piano, or guitar, or any other instrument.

My introduction to the world of rock'n'roll at the age of fourteen or thirteen brought me a new inspiration, and I almost chose the guitar as my primary instrument. But the luck was on my side, and it placed a Deep Purple album into my stereo system. The wonderful sound of Hammond B3 organ struck my head like a lighting - the decision was made.
In the year 2001 (I'm not quite sure about the date) I was asked to play keyboards in a local hard rock band. The day it happened opened a new page in my life - I found out that there is no nicer thing than communicating with other people via my fingertips.

In the year 2002 I bought myself a first real synthesizer. By that time I was seriously in love with metal. Developing my synthesis skills brought me to listening to keyboard -involved metal styles (although I still love Ozzy) and bands like Children of Bodom, Dimmu Borgir, Freedom Call, et cetera.

In april 2004 I gladly accepted the invitation to join Desert and try myself as a power metal keyboard player.

Favorite bands:
Deep Purple
Jon Lord
E.L.P.
Jimmie Hedrix
Ozzy Osbourne
Children of Bodom
Nightwish
Dimmu Borgir
Dream Theater.

Favorite albums:
Deep Purple 9171-1974, 1993-present
Ozzy - "The Blizzard of Ozz"
Children of Bodom - "Follow the Reaper"
Nightwish - "Once"
Edguy - "Hellfire club"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Blood/sugar/sex/magic"

Favorite rock/metal keyboard players:
Jon Lord
Keith Emerson
Janne Wirman
Don Airey

Other arts tastes:
"Master and Margareth"
"The Wall"
"the angel of death" (an 19th century painting by Horace Vernet)

The most concealed dream:
To play "Child in time" together with Deep Purple.

More realistic dream:
To participate in Rhapsody/Desert world tour.

The last band before The Desert:
Taboo

In Desert since:
2004