As a composer Ilya worked on more than 100 musical projects for full screen movies and TV. As a jazz pianist Ilya concertized with his own jazz program, participated in many jazz festivals and concerts with other performers. During his study years, Ilya became a prizewinner of various international competitions, such as the Montreux Jazz Festival Piano Competition (2003), All-Russian Jazz Competition (2004), Young People`s Jazz Competition (1997) and others. Ilia is a producer for a number of concert programs (Miles Griffitt & Oleg Butman show, Kirov Jam), a manager and producer of "Jazz Triumph in Nizhniy Novgorod"