Semion Shmelkov was born in the family of professional musicians. He began to study playing the accordion in class of V. Shmelkov. Semion finished music school-lyceum at Novosibirsk State Conservatory Glinka in class of Professor A. Krupin, Russian Academy Gnesin of music and postgraduate study in class of People's Artist of Russian Federation, Professor F. Lips, , academic advisor – Doctor of art history Tatiana I. Naumenko.
Now Semion Shmelkov is a Docent of Russian Academy Gnesin of music.
Semion Shmelkov is the laureate of the following international contests: "Arrasate Hiria" (Spain); International Accordion Competition Klingenthal (Germany); "Citta di Castelfidardo" (Italy); III International Accordion Competition Tianjin (China), “Accoholiday” (Ukraine); “Cup of Friedrich Lips”, V International Competition of Bayan & Accordion Players in Moscow, I international music competition "Petro-Pavlovsky assemblies" (Saint Petersburg) and Grand Prix of "North Cup VI"( Russia).
Awarded the APPRECIATION for the great contribution to the development of culture and many years of fruitful work from the Minister of Culture
The first performer of the works of A. Kholminov, K. Volkov, V. Kobekin, T. Sergeeva, I. Dubkova, A. Zelensky, O. Chistokhina.
Semion played concerts in USA, Austria, Germany, China, Spain, Serbia, Poland, Denmark, Montenegro and the cities and towns of Russia.