 He has twenty-five commercial CDs and five DVDs, performed and recorded under the direction of conductors such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir John Pritchard, Claudio Abbado, Neeme Jarvi, John Nelson, Marius Jansons, Gennady Rozhdestvenski etc., and with singers such as Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti etc.Nikita now lives in Austin TX where he teaches voice at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas.In the last four years, while teaching at The University of Texas, his students have won national competitions, participated in young artist programs, and begun professional careers.