A graduate of the St. Petersburg Conservatory where studied under professor Anatoly Nikitin.

Dmitry Yanov-Yanovsky has participated in master classes of such well-known cellists as Karine Georgyan, Alexander Ivashkin, Natalia Shakhovskaya, Alexander Rudin, David Geringas and Yo-Yo Ma.

He is a winner of Maria Yudina, Dmitry Shostakovitch and Eugeny Mravinsky International Competitions. As a soloist he has performed with Saint-Petersburg State Academic Orchestra, Academic Filharmonic Orchestra, Conservatory Symphony and National Symphony of Uzbekistan.

Dmitry Yanov-Yanovsky has performed in Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France, USA and South Korea.