I don't write music to explain a story. I write to feel what it's not saying out loud, to find the actual function of a cue in a scene: is it inside a character's head, is it hinting at something the dialogue won't say, or is it simply sitting on a shot. Answering that question is a creative, inventive process for me. I rarely settle for the obvious choice.

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I'm a Los Angeles based composer, orchestrator, and guitarist working across film, television, games, theater, opera, and ballet. My work fuses classical conservatory training and classical guitar performance with a modern, hybrid sound built on electronics and studio recording technique. Whether a scene calls for a tense action cue or an intimate, restrained moment, I bring exactly as much music as the story needs, never more. The story leads. The music does its job.

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For seven years I've been resident composer for a leading Russian contemporary ballet company, scoring 15+ productions with premieres at iconic stages including the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre and the Alexandrinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. I've also written for opera and theatrical productions, and work as an orchestrator and guitarist with symphony orchestras.

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In Los Angeles, I've assisted Hollywood composer Jeff Cardoni and took part in a live orchestral recording session at the Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage. I'm a member of the National Composers Guild.

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When I work with directors, their vision comes first. I listen before I write, and I treat every score as a collaboration, not a showcase. There's room for my own voice inside that, but only in service of the story we're telling together. My own album is where that voice takes the lead instead.