in 1979 graduated from Vilnius M.K. Čiurlionis secondary art school prof. In the class of Liucija Drăsutiene. 1979-1981 studied in the class of J. Karnavičius of the Lithuanian Conservatory, 1985. graduated from V. Gornostaeva's class at the Moscow Conservatory.

Since 1990 Lecturer at the Lithuanian Conservatory. Since 1999 LMTA professor. Since 1992 he also taught at the Tokyo Yamaha Music Foundation, 1996-1998. - at the Royal Academy of Music in London. in 2011 Head of the Piano Department of the VMU Music Academy. Since 2015 teaches at the Royal Scottish Academy.