What began as a childhood fascination with the works of Bach, Schubert, Liszt, and Ravel soon grew into a lifelong dedication to understanding music and teaching the piano. His insatiable curiosity for pe­da­go­gy was sparked by his early studies with Anna Dynarowska-Paca­now­ski, and later shaped by his mentorship as the last pupil of Jacob Lateiner (1928–2010). This passion inspired regular worldwide travel to study with pianists who inherited the great 19th- and early 20th-century musical traditions.

His eagerness to learn numerous philosophies of piano teaching led him to master classes with an extraordinary range of legendary artists, including Dmitri Alexeev, Edward Auer, Dmitri Bashkirov, Seymour Bernstein, Andrea Bonatta, Martin Canin, Janina Fialkowska, Leon Fleisher, Peter Frankl, Andreas Frölich, Leslie Howard, Jenő Jandó, Robert Levin, Robert McDonald, John O’Conor, Choong-mo Kang, Tobias Koch, Julian Martin, Émile Naoumoff, Andrzej Jasiński, Seymour Lipkin, Matti Rae­kal­lio, Zbigniew Raubo, Hartmut Sauer, Ilja Scheps, Wojciech Świtała, Balázs Szokolay, Tamás Ungár, and Nelita True.

His early training with Anna Dynarowska-Pacanowski preceded a full scholarship to the University of Toronto, where he graduated with the WO Forsyth Award (MusBacPerf). He continued his studies at Aspen Music Festival and The Juilliard School with legendary pedagogues Jacob Lateiner, Yoheved Kaplinsky, and Dorothy Taub­man. 

In July 2013, he attended the Warsaw Chopin-Górecki Piano Festival, giving concerts and attending master classes with eminent Polish pianists. There, he received an invitation from Prof. Anna Górecka to join her piano class at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. He studied for five years with Anna Górecka and pursued chamber music studies with Urszula Stańczyk. He also received important lessons from Andrzej Jasiński (teacher of K. Zimerman). During his studies he actively concertized, including concerti with Belarus First Radio Orchestra and recitals at NOSPR Katowice.

In 2018, he graduated with Distinction from the Academy of Music in Katowice (MM, Diploma). At his gra­du­ation concert he performed Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor alongside works of Szymanowski and Debussy. He continued studying at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz where he was a pupil of Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (Artist Diploma). He then worked extensively with Maria João-Pires in Portugal and Andrei Gavrilov in Switzerland.

It was during this time that he participated in the Lithuanian International Chopin Competition in Vilnius, where he won First Prize and Concerto Award, leading to concerts in Europe and abroad. Following his Vilnius debut, he was called “a piano sound-colour magician” (Muzikos Barai). He appeared numerously with the Lithuanian Chamber Symphony and Cantus Orchestra playing concerti of Mozart and Chopin. In 2022 he returned to the Competition as a member of its Jury.

In his repertoire are over forty concertos from J. S. Bach to H. M. Górecki. He has performed with the Toruń Symphony, NOSPR Katowice (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra), Vilnius Chamber, Vilnius Cantus, Budapest Chamber, Belarus Radio-Television, Niagara Symphony, Sinfonia Toronto, York Symphony, and McGill Symphony Orchestras, among others.

He has worked with such conductors as Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Bradley Thachuk, Denis Mastromonaco, Anna Duczmal-Mróz, Przemysław Fiugajski, Jakub Chrenowicz, Erki Pehk, Ricardas Sviackevicius, Sabatino Vacca, Alexander Liebreich, and Nurhan Arman.

He is featured on CBC’s Top 30 Under 30: Hot Canadian Classical Musicians (CBC), In Concert, and This is My Music. His playing is also heard on RadioFrance, France Musique, 98.7 WVMO, New Classical 96.3FM, WWFM, WQXR, Belarusian First Radio, Madison Freethought Radio/Television, and elsewhere.

He has served as a juror in the Chopin International Piano Competition of Lithuania, Bader-Overton National Competition, Canadian Federation of Music Associations National Piano Competition, CCC Toronto, Classicalia International Competition, and others. At Paderewski International Piano Competition (2022 and 2025 editions), he hosted Competition Studio TV.

He also adjudicates in competitions for young pianists, including OMFA Provincial Concerto Competition, New Brunswick Provincial Festival, ORMTA Festivals province-wide, Davenport, Peel, North York, Stirling, Seattle MTNA, and Rockland County competitive festivals.

He is a member of the Royal Conservatory of Music College of Examiners. While still completing his Doctorate at McGill University Schulich School of Music, he was invited to its faculty.

His scholarly efforts have been recognized by such awards as Teacher Recognition Award (RTO), CFMTA National Essay Com­pe­ti­tion Prize, FRQSC Bourse du Doctorat, McGill Doctoral Excel­lence Fellowship, and grants from Canada Council for the Arts. His authorship credits include articles on filiation, piano literature, pedagogy, and history which can be found in Piano Magazine (formerly Clavier Companion), Canadian Music Educators’ Journal, and the Canadian Music Teacher. 
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Of special importance to him was research at the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp on music in the Holocaust, culminating in an article about Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, cellist of the former Auschwitz Women's Orchestra. He considers the hours spent in conversation with Mrs. Lasker-Wallfisch a special honour.
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He is the author of Górecki’s Solo Piano Music (Bloomsbury Academic). This landmark book highlights Henryk Mikołaj Górecki’s neglected piano works — including his fascinating posthumously-published pieces — through an integration of historical, analytical, and practical perspectives. It offers the first English translations of Górecki’s comments on his works and their contents.