Born 1968 in Leningrad. Graduated in 1995 from the Rimski-Korsakov State Conservatoire where studied under Boris Tishchenko. In 1992-97 attended the Russian Seminars for Young Composers at Ivanovo, under Sergei Berinsky. Winner of IRCAM Reading Panel'97. In 1998 studied at IRCAM (with a scholarship from French Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Lessons and master-classes with Paul-Heinz Dittrich and Louis Andriessen. In November 2001 Arditti Quartet performed Lygoi during their master-class in Moscow.

Since 2000 he is the artistic leader of eNsemble, the only contemporary music group in St.Petersburg. Accomplished numerous musical projects, among them "Emptiness in a Cage", "A Tour Around Messe de Tournai", "Seven Words. Joseph Haydn and The Group of Authors", "Pythian Games" (annual composers' competition), "Orthography". Inspires the Pro Arte Institute program "New Musical Technologies" (sound design, live electronics). In June 2003 won 24th Irino Prize for Chamber Music, Tokyo. In September 2003 substituted for Louis Andriessen in a master-class for young composers, with Orkest De Volharding (St.Petersburg Conservatoire). Shortlisted for final round of Third Competition "Music of 21 Century", Seoul, March 2005. 2006 – artist-in-residence in Djerassi, California. Member of Structural Resistance Group (StRes) that united six young Russian composers. Since 2005 performs as vocalist/narrator.

As to creative credo, he tries to avoid any prescribed aesthetics or method but seeks a combination of aggressive sensuality, formal austerity and spontaneity of complex gesture.

Commissions include those by Orkest De Volharding, DoelenEnsemble, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Da Capo Chamber Players, ensemble Intégrales.

Works performed by Schoenberg Ensemble cond. by Reinbert de Leeuw, eNsemble, of the Pro Arte Institute cond. by Fedor Lednev, Vlad Pessin, Laterna Magica, John Størgårds, Avanti! Chamber Orchestra & Susanna Mälkki, Nieuw Ensemble cond. by Otto Tausk, Orkest De Volharding & Jurjen Hempel, Gerrie de Vries, DoelenEnsemble & Arie van Beek, Frances-Marie Uitti, A Bao A Qu & Alexander Manotskov, Studio of New Music Moscow & Igor Dronov, Vyacheslav Poprugin, The Ural Philharmonics & Dmitri Liss, St.Petersburg Camerata & Alexander Titov, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Da Capo Chamber Players.