Sergey  was born in the city of Tomsk in Siberia (Russia) and began playing the piano aged seven, studying at the specialised music school for gifted children, attached to the Conservatory of Novosibirsk. After this he studied at the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, where having gained the qualifications Professor of Piano and Ph.D., he was offered a position of Professor of Piano and taught for 4 years.

He graduated from The Royal Academy of Music in June 2004 where his professors were Malcolm Martineau and Colin Stone. While at the Academy Sergey has won a number of prizes and awards: The Serena Nevill Award of The Concordia Foundation, The Leverhulme Prize of The Royal Academy of Music; the Sir Arthur Bliss Prize, the Ludmila Andrew Russian Song Prize, the Frank & Hilda Stokes and Marjorie Meyer Memorial Prize and the Cork Award of The Royal Academy of Music.

Sergey performs regularly and recent venues include St John's Smith Square, St Martin-in-the-Fields and St James's Piccadilly. In September-October 2004 Sergey will join the Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme.