already while studying at the academy and music, and my teacher in the accompanist class, anna borisovna krozhenevskayae in many ways, she not only taught me our specific concertmaster skill, but helped me to plunge deeper into this profession. nina vladimirovna sharubina, began working in her class, and that’s when small proposals began to arrive and conversations began. agree, something just clicked for me, i thought it was now or never, so in fact, that’s how i got into the theater, when i started working, started working, i had the feeling that i ended up in the vatican, a kind of state within a state, with its own clear structure, but at the same time with some of its own specific musical traditions, rules, views on... as if it is not visible, what does the viewer see when he comes to the opera house? he sees the work of the actors first of all, he sees the work of the director, the work of the conductor, he hears the orchestra in the pit, the work of the lighting designer, the artist costumes, but props, make-up artists, what is the work of accompanists? here , of course, i am very pleased that i