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The Russian organist, harpsichordist and composer, Fyodor [Feodor, Fedor] Vasilyevich Stroganov [Russian: Фёдор Васильевич Строганов], began his musical studies at the Moscow State Conservatory Music College, where he started taking organ classes with Galina Semenova and Alexey Shmitov. At the same time he studied writing music with Konstantin Batashov. In 1993, he graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where he studied with Alexey Parshin (organ) and Albert Leman (composing). In 1992-1993 he studied a course in the Paris National Conservatory as an organist and composer with Michel Chapuis and Olivier Latry. In 1995, he finished post-graduate course of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (organ class of professor N. Gureeva). In 2001-2002, he got diplomas at the International Mikhael Tariverdiev Organ Competition (for artistry and the best perfomance) and Moscow Composing Competition (for the best composition for organ), he became a prize-winner at the International Organ Competition in Volgograd (2002).
Fyodor Stroganov started his career as a soloist when he was still a student. He took part in many concerts as an organist playing Baroque and Romantic music. He participated as an organist, harpsichordist and composer in different festivals like “Moscow autumn”, “Musicarte”, Haydn Festival in Esterhaz, Mozart Festival in Wurzburg, San Francisco contemporary music festival, Festival of early music in Thun (Switzerland), Lockenhaus festival and others. At present he shares his activity with many well-known ensembles, such as “Kremlin orchestra”, ”Telemann consort”, “Baroque soloists”, and musicians (Peter Schreier, Mark Tucker, Emanuel Borok, Michel Tirabosco, Jana Ivanilova).
Fyodor Stroganov is a professor of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (chamber ensemble, bass-continuo, harpsichord) and conducts a choir in Maloe Voznesenie Church near Conservatory. |
