In 1999 made his debut in La Scala, Milano in Tchaykovsky’s Mazeppa, conducted by M.Rostropovich. In 2000 made his debut in Wiener Staatsoper as Cavaradossi in Tosca conducted by A.Guadagno.

Collaborated with conductors Mstislav Rostropovich, Valeriy Gergiev, Seiji Ozawa, Zubin Metha, Vladimir Fedoseev, Daniel Oren, Maurizio Arena, Antonio Guadagno, Marcello Viotti, Maurizio Barbaccini, Richard Bradshaw, Stefan Soltesz, Peter Feranec, Garcia Navarro, Carlo Rizzi, Roberto Tolomelli, Alexander Vedernikov, Manfred Honeck, Arvo Volmer, Gintaras Rinkevicius.

Since 1994 – soloist of Bolshoy Theatre (Moscow), where he sang different principal roles, including Edgardo (Lucia di Lamermur), Alfredo (Traviata), Pollione (Norma), Andrey (Khovanschina). In overall, sang about 40 roles in Russia, Italian, French, German and Georgian works, both classical and contemporaneous pieces.
Born in Georgia. Graduated from Conservatory of Tbilisi, he was a pupil of Prof. G. Bezhuashvili. Later studied in Moscow and in Milan. His operatic debut was in Tbilisi in 1990 in the title role in Mindia by Taktakishvili. Winner of Vinas contest in Spain and Bjoerling contest in Sweden. His international career took the beginning in the 1993 with international debut in Liege as Dmitry in Boris Godunov. Afterwards he sang widely in different continents, including such places as New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Singapore and of course different European countries.
Studied as dramatic actor, acted in the dramatic performances in the “Theatre of the Actor of Cinema” in Tbilisi under the direction of M.I.Tumanishvili. Appeared in the principal roles in films New Year (pr. D. Djanilidze), The Nylon New-Year’s Tree (R.Esadze), First Love (M.Chyaureli, G. Shengelaya).