At the age of seventeen, Tsiganov began playing at St. Petersburg Jazz Philharmonic Hall, the largest jazz club in the Soviet Union, first as a member of the David Goloschokin Group (host band), and later with his own program. In 1989, he won the St. Petersburg Competition of Young Jazz Performers, and in 1990, he was among the winners of the 1st All-Russian Jazz Music Competition in Rostov-on-Don. These accomplishments brought him wide recognition in Russia, and he began regular appearances on national radio and TV programs. In 1991, Tsiganov came to the United States to continue his career in the motherland of jazz.

He studied with Gary Burton at Berklee College of Music and at the New England Conservatory of Music with Charlie Banacos and George Russell. In these past years, Tsiganov has performed solo and with his group in and around Greater New England, New York City at renown clubs such as Jazz Standard, Sweet Rhythm, American Museum of Natural History (broadcasted by WBGO Jazz 88.3), Regattabar, Topeka Jazz Festival, d’Ouro Jazz Festival (Portugal), Petropavlovsky Jazz Festival, (St. Petersburg, Russia), Chapada Jazz Festival (Mato Grosso, Brazil), Jazz nos Fundos (São Paulo, Brazil) among others and has toured Jazz clubs throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Asia.