M. Bezverkhny was born in 1947 in Saint-Petersburg. At the age of 5, he started his studies with Prof. Liubov Sigal, student of Leopold Auer.

After having completed his studies at the Central Music School of Leningrad, he joined the Tschaikowsky Conservatory of Moskow to study with Prof. Yuri Yankelevitch, one of the most prominent violin professors of the 20th century. At the same time, he studied with Prof. Maia Glesarova and Prof. Abram Stern.

His career started already at the Moscow Conservatory. He won several international first prizes: the Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznan (1967), the Chamber Music Contest in München (1969), the Chamber Music Contest in Belgrade (1972), the Violin Contest in Montreal (1972), the Interforum in Budapest (1974) and the Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition in Brussels (1976).
M. Bezverkhny lives now in Flanders and teaches at the Royal Conservatory Ghent.

Since 1957, he has toured in Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, France, Austria, Bulgaria, Belgium, Hungary, Germany, Yugoslavia, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Israel, England, Mexico, Columbia, the USA, etc.

During all these years, he has recorded over 40 albums with different recording companies, such as: Melodia, Deutsche Grammophon, Victor and Pavana.

Michael is also a painter.