He has performed publicly since age nine in Moscow. His American debut was in 1975 with the Peninsula Symphony in San Mateo, California. In 1976, he won the Junior Bach Festival in Berkeley; his recitals in the San Francisco Bay Area have been favorably reviewed in the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner. Since 1980, he has appeared in numerous solo and chamber music concerts in the New York area. In 1981, he was prize winner at the Kosciuszko Chopin Competition in New York; in 1982 he won first prize at the American Music Scholarship Association International Piano Competition in Cincinnati; in 1983 he was laureate of the Robert Casadesus International Piano Competition in Cleveland. Dmitriy gave his New York recital debut in October 1988 at Carnegie Recital Hall to favorable reviews, and has appeared in recitals throughout the Northeast and California. He has toured in France twice, performing in Paris, Nice, and other cities to enthusiastic reviews, and was laureate of the 1990 Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition, Valencia, Spain. He toured Russia in 1993, giving a series of concerts in Moscow, including the Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and in other cities, playing to capacity audiences. Since 1985, he has performed throughout North America and Asia with violinist Alexander Markov; their first compact disc was recently released worldwide on the Erato label. Dmitriy lives near San Francisco where he recently performed at a concert commemorating the 50th anniversary of the United Nations.