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Sergey Fedoseenko
Concertmaster of the double bass group, soloist of the orchestra

In 2004 he graduated from the Vitebsk State Music College named after I. Sollertinsky, and then, in 2009, the St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, where he studied under the guidance of E. V. Zhelinsky in the prima balalaika class and additionally received the qualification of conductor from the People's Artist of Russia D. D. Khokhlov. In 2004 he was accepted into the balalaika double bass group of the State Academic Russian Orchestra named after V.V.Andreev. Since 2020 - the group's Concertmaster.

In addition to being a master on the double bass balalaika, Sergei Fedoseenko is the composer of several arrangements for the Andreevsky Orchestra. In 2018, he led the creation of a soloist ensemble whose repertoire encompasses Latin American music, jazz, and the finest representations of classical musical history.

He has been the conductor of the folk instrument orchestra at the E.A. Mravinsky-named St. Petersburg Children's School of Arts since 2009. In 2012, he also created an orchestra of folk instruments based at the Kirov Children's Music School. The groups he leads successfully perform at competitions and are regular participants in school, city, and district events.

Sergei Fedoseenko is very interested in the evolution of the balalaika double bass performance. He is the artistic director of the International Festival «New Life of Bass Instruments».