1st Prize of the Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition, 1999
Soloist with world renowned orchestras like the New Japan Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Belgian National Orchestra, the St.Petersburg State Symphony, Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Studied with Leonid Margarius at the Charkiv Conservatory & the Accademia Pianistica “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola, Italy
Professor Piano at Ghent Conservatory, Belgium and Fontys Hogeschool Tilburg, the Netherlands
Laureate and Public Prize Winner of the Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition, 2007
Soloist in more than 40 different piano concertos with internationally renowned orchestras
Perfected his piano skills at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, Hochschüle für Musik und Theater in München, Indiana University in Bloomington and New England Conservatory in Boston
Recording artist for Phaedra Classics and Et’cetera Records
Fellow of Fulbright and the Belgian American Educational Foundation
Professor Piano at LUCA School of Arts – Campus Lemmens in Leuven, Belgium