Prizes won in competition
1993
First prize at the international piano competition Virtuosi per musica di pianoforte at Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
1994
First prize at the international television competition Bravo-Bravissimo in Cremona, Italy
1994
First prize at the International Contest of Finno-Ugric Peoples in Votkinsk, Russia
1997
First prize and absolute winner of the international competition Concertino Praga, Czech Republic
1998
First prize at the Festival of Piano Music in Belarus
2001
First prize at the Seventh Rencontres Musicales de la Venoge, Lausanne, Switzerland
2002
First prize and Special Prize for the performance of Tchaikovsky compositions at the Third International Russian Music Piano Competition in San José, California, USA
2006
Second prize at the Casagrande Competition, Terni, Italy. First prize best final round
2007
Third prize at the International Beethoven Competition, Bonn, Germany
List of scholarships and honours
1992–1997
Holder of scholarship from international New Names charity programme
1996
Listing in Golden Book of the UNESCO-supported foundation New names of the planet: the XX century to the XXI century
1996–2006
Holder of scholarship from Head of Republic of Mordovia, Russia
1997–2000
Holder of scholarship from International V. Spivakov Charity Foundation
1998
Receiver of the Dancing Angel statuette from the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth (EMCY)
1999–2006
Holder of scholarship from Vontobel Bank foundation Stiftung Lyra
2007
Awarded the Russian title Honoured Artist of the Republic of Mordovia
2012
Awarded the title Steinway Artist from Steinway & Sons Hamburg