Valeriy studied choir conducting at the Kharkov Music College in Ukraine, before graduating as a lyric tenor from the Gnessin Academy in Moscow. He performed at opera houses and festivals such as Opéra National de Paris, La Monnaie Brussels, San Francisco Opera, Théâtre du Châtelet Paris, Teatro Sao Carlo Lisbon, Teatro Reggio di Torino, Zürich Opera, Volksoper Wien, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, Theater Bonn, Nantes, Luxembourg, Liège, Valladolid, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Bregenz Festival, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Vienna, Hamburg, Tokyo, Washington, Los Angeles, and Stanislavsky Theatre Moscow, among others. He joined TACT in 2009.