Lithuanian musicologist, pedagogue. Graduated from the Lithuanian Conservatory in 1989 (student of V. Venckaus and L. A. Šaltenis). Since 1987, he has been teaching at B. Dvariona's ten-year music school. Since 1991, he has been hosting programs about jazz on the radio: Jazz Passages on radiophone Vilniaus varpas (1991–1994), Jam (1996–97) and Jazz Passages (since 1997) on Lithuanian Radio. Since 1996, he has been lecturing and leading courses. One of the organizers of the Birštonas and Vilnius jazz festivals. Read reports at international conferences, published articles about jazz in Lithuanian and foreign press. Wrote the book History of Jazz (with others, 2001 32005). Compiled the Lithuanian Music Export Bureau's overview audio recordings publications Free Spirits: Jazz from Lithuania (2005), Note Lithuania: Jazz (2007). Prepared information about Lithuanian jazz and its creators for the largest Lithuanian music portal www.mic.lt / www. mxl.lt