 He received his first musical instruction at the Music School for Children in his home city, and went on to study under Professor E. Poukst at the Byelorussian College of Music.In 1992 he became a student of the renowned teacher Valery Kastelsky (one of the last pupils of the "Neuhaus School") at the Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I.Tchaikovsky.Under his guidance Andrey Shibko took also post-graduate course there (1997-1999).