Timofei was born on June 27, 1994 in Novosibirsk into a family of musicians. From the age of five, he attended the piano class of Mary Lebenzon, the Honored Artist of Russia. He studied in her class until his graduation from Glinka High School in 2017.

At the music lyceum and later at the Conservatoire he made his most important creative contacts: chamber music ensembles with the violinist Anita Lakhina, the violist Leonid Pateyuk and the conductors Vyacheslav Shaldyshev and Sergei Shebalin. Friendship with the composer and professor of organ and historical pianos, Gleb Nikulin. He also studied organ with Associate Professor Natalia Baginskaya

At the age of 12 he began his success as a pianist: first prize at the EuropaFest competition in Bucharest, then – silver medal at the Delphic Games in Russia, first place at the youth competition in memory of Vera Lothar-Shevchenko and then – a tour of French cities: Nice, Toulon, Marseille, Aix-en-Provence and a concert in the Cortot Hall in Paris.

From 2012 to 2015, he was the youngest soloist of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra. There he had the opportunity to play several times with the symphony orchestra and conductor Ekhtibar Akhmedov, and formed duos with mezzo-soprano Olesya Zhuravkina and violinist Anna Sharomova.

Since August 2022 he lives with his family in Germany: Alena is a choral artist at the Theater Plauen-Zwickau and Timofei is a teacher at the music school at Thomas-Mann-Platz in Chemnitz. They have organized several concerts, both solo and as a duo.