Elisey was born in Stavropol. He is currently a student of the Central Music School andAcademy of Performing Art (under Natalia Trull and Daniil Tsvetkov), but also a student and a scholarship holder at the Accademia del Ridotto in Italy (under Natalia Trull).
He is a laureate of international competitions such as Astana Piano Passion (2017) and Where Art is Born in Krasnodar (2017, 1st prize). In 2020 and 2021, he received top honours at the Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition. In 2022, he was awarded the Golden Parnassus Prize at the 17th Bieszczady without Borders International Piano Forum in Sanok, Poland. Notably, he is the winner of the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians, China (2022), Robert Schumann International Competition in Düsseldorf, Germany (2023), Nashville International Chopin Piano Competition, USA (2023), and Cleveland International Piano Competition USA, 2023). He is a scholarship holder of the New Names and Blagovest foundations as well as the Yamaha company.
Elisey has also participated in the following festivals: the Russian Seasons in Italy, The Amadeus Weekend and Classical Young Stars in Austria, Stars on Baikal in Irkutsk, Russia, InClassica in Dubai, UAE, and International Keyboard Odyssiad and Festival in Colorado, USA. He performed a recital at the Michelangeli Festival in Trento, Italy (2019). Elisey also devotes time to the study of composition.