Alexei Parshenkov was born in 1962. In 1978 he graduated from a children music school (Rem Gekht’s classes), in 1982 he graduated from the Academic Music College at the P.I. Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and in 1989 — from the P.I. Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (Professor Yury Usov’s classes).
In 1986-1988, he had been the soloist of the Maly State Theater Orchestra, in 1988-2003 he had been an artist of the Moscow Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra. Since 2003 he has been an artist of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia.
He also taught in the Music College at the Moscow Conservatory, Children Arts School No.13, the State Woodwind-Brass Arts College.