Fyodor Stroganov

Born in 1968 in Moscow, Fedor Stroganov studied at the Academic Music College of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (1988) before enrolling at the Conservatory's undergraduate course (finished at 1993) and postgraduate programme (1995). He studied composition under Konstantin Batashov and Albert Leman, and organ performance under Natalia Gureeva. He also trained with Michel Chapuis, Olivier Latry, Paul Méfano, and Gérard Grisey at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris (1992–1993). 

Fedor Strogavnov has been a prize-winner of the Oleg Yanchenko International Organ Competition (Volgograd, 2002, 3rd Prize) and a diploma recipient of the Mikael Tariverdiev International Organ Competition (Kaliningrad, 2001) and Moscow Composers Competition in Best Organ Composition category (2002).

He started appearing in public when he was a student, performing organ works by baroque and romantic composers as well as his own creations. Fedor Stroganov has been the cantor of the Small Ascension Church on Bolshaya Nikitskaya street since 1998; a soloist with the Barokko ensemble (Yaroslavl) since 2008; and a trainer with the Moscow Conservatory since 2005 (Assistant Professor since 2015). 

The musician has collaborated with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Russian Philharmonia Orchestra; multiple chamber orchestras and ensembles including Musica Viva, Academy of Early Music, Hermitage, Kremlin, The Pocket Symphony, Excelente, Musica Poetica (Switzerland), Telemann Consort, as well as the Moscow Synodal Choir, Blagovest Moscow Choral Ensemble, etc. 

He has appeared with renowned musicians, such as Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Vladimir Jurowski, Tugan Sokhiev, Alexander Rudin, Alexey Puzakov, Misha Rachlevsky, Tatiana Grindenko, Hibla Gerzmava, Nadezhda Pavlova, Yana Ivanilova, Olga Ivusheikova, Rustam Komachkov, Nazar Kozhukhar, Petr Glavatskikh, and Michel Tirabosco. The musician has been involved in theatre, musical, and literary projects with Alla Demidova, Tatiana Doronina, Dmitry Dyuzhev, and Ingeborga Dapkunaite. 

At the Berlin Film Festival (2019), he accompanied 11 silent films of 1929 on the cinema organ at the Babylon cinema. He has participated in several festivals, including Moscow Autumn, Musicarte, Haydn Festival at Esterházy Castle (Eisenstadt), Mozart Festival in Würzburg, Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival, Sacro Art in Lokkum, Wired Strings in San Francisco, Sheremetev Seasons in Ostankino, Organ evenings in Kuskovo, and Organ+ in Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad region. 

Stroganov's discography includes recordings of organ works by Buxtehude, Bach, Franck, Vidor, Messiaen, Boëllmann; harpsichord concerts by Bach and Palschau; his own compositions and improvisations, as well as parts of harpsichord and prepared piano in contemporary works (Martynov, Schnittke). 

He is a member of the Russian Union of Composers and has been a soloist with Mosconcert since 2016.