Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation.

The professor at the Russian Gnessin Academy of Music and Moscow Gnessin Special School of Music.

Vladimir graduated from the State Gnessin Musical and Pedagogical Institute in 1978 and did a fellowship course at the same place in 1982.
He worked in the Symphony Orchestra of Radio and Television, Opera and Ballet Theatre of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko (solo trumpet and the brass section leader), Symphony orchestra of the Ministry of Culture of USSR (as a soloist), Russian National Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra “Russian Philharmonia.

He is a winner of the union and international competitions and an author of a number of scientific and methodical works as well as studying programmes. He gives open lessons and master-classes in multiple cities within Russia and abroad. Twice he has been invited to the Royal Academy of Music (London.1997,1999)

He has been a member of a number of competition for music performers on wind instruments.

Many students of Vladimir Pushkarev became winners of Russian and International competitions and soloists in a number of professional orchestras.