Alexey Mikhaylenko has been a prizewinner in many clarinet and chamber music competitions in Europe and Russia. He studied the clarinet at the Moscow State Conservatory and Norwegian Academy of Music and has conducted orchestras such as George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania), Vienna Ensemble, Baltic Sea Philharmonic Orchestra, C/O Chamber Orchestra (Germany), Vyatka Symphonic Orchestra, (Russia). Since 2016 he has been a student at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.