Born in 1968 in Galați, he graduated in 1990 and in 1991 he completed his specialization year at the “Ciprian Porumbescu” Conservatory in Bucharest – Professor Ion Cheptea’s bass class. Since February 1991 he became a member (Tutti) of the Philharmonic “G. Enescu” Bucharest, and in parallel, member of the chamber orchestra “Virtuosos from Bucharest”. In 1992, while remaining a member of these orchestras, he studied and graduated with maximum grades from the High Improvement Course at the class of the double bass teacher of the National Conservatory of Paris, – Jean Marc Rollez. Between 1993 and 1996 he continued his activity in the two orchestras in Bucharest, and from 1996 to 1997 he held the position of chief of part in the philharmonic orchestra of Suwon, South Korea. From 1997 to 2000 he returned to the orchestra “G. Enescu” Bucharest, he collaborated at the same time with the International Orchestra of Italy both as tutti and as chief of part. He gave recitals in the country and abroad, both solo and chamber, collaborating with the Voces quartet in five concerts (two with Schubert’s octet and three with Schubert’s Trout quintet), in Iași and in Bucharest, where in the last one, during the RadiRo festival – September 2012, he was partner of the renowned pianist Christian Zacharias. Also, in the field of chamber music he has collaborated with other famous musicians, among whom we mention the pianists Valentin Gheorghiu, Bruno Canino, Leslie Howard, violinist Gabriel Croitoru, violinists Vladimir Mendelssohn, Marius Nichiteanu, cellists Marin Cazacu, Anton Niculescu and other Romanian and foreign musicians. During his artistic studies he won first prizes at national competitions both in high school and during his undergraduate studies. In 1998 /1999 he was a teacher at the Academy of Music “C. Porumbescu” Bucharest. Since 1998 he has been the chief of part of the “G. Enescu”- Bucharest, where he performed in this position until 2000, when he became the chief of part of the Symphoniker Orchestra in Osaka, Japan, a position he resigned to return to Romania in April 2007. In Japan, he was awarded the Aoyama “Barok Saal” prize in 2003 for the best recital – Duo of 2002.

In April 2007 he became a member and later instrumental soloist of the National Radio Orchestra, where he worked until 2022.  From 2007 to the present, he is also an associate professor at the National University of Music in Bucharest.

In 2013 he was awarded the scientific title of Doctor in Music by the National University of Music in Bucharest for his thesis entitled: Creation for double bass in Romanian music from the 20th century to today.

From September 15, 2011 until 2018 he taught as associate professor of double bass at the “George Enescu” College in Bucharest and from 2019 until now he continued his teaching activity in the same position at the “Dinu Lipatti” National College of Arts in Bucharest.  

Since September 2022 he is again the chief of part of the “George Enescu” Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest.