Dmitry Babanov studied in St. Petersburg with Vitaly Bujanovsky and in Frankfurt (Main) with Marie-Luise Neunecker.

He is a prize winner at international solo competitions in Italy, France and Germany (Concorso Internazionale “Città di Porcia”; Concours International de Cor, Trévoux; International Music Competition Marktneukirchen) and, with the Chantily Quintet, won second prize at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 2006.

His chamber music partners include the Scharoun Ensemble, the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, and the Berliner Virtuosen. As a soloist, he has performed with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra and the Konzerthaus Chamber Orchestra, among others.

Before joining the Konzerthausorchester, he was principal French horn in the Halle Philharmonic State Orchestra from 1999. Dmitry Babanov holds a teaching position at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin.