Marat Fatkhutdinov was born in 2008 in the town of Lesnoy in the Sverdlovsk Region. From the age of six, he studied at the Children’s Music School of Lesnoy under the guidance of Evgeny and Svetlana Smirnov. Since 2020, he has been a student of the Secondary Special Music School affiliated with the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory, where he studies in the class of Ekaterina Kulagina.
He is a laureate of numerous international and all-Russian competitions:
2019
- First Prize winner at the International Wind Instrument Competition Breath (Kushva)
2021
- First Prize winner at the International Competition for Wind Instrument Performers WoodwindBrassPremium (Belarus)
2022
- Second Prize winner at the All-Russian Competition Young Talents of Russia (Moscow)
- Grand Prix winner of the 2nd All-Russian Saxophone Competition Cherry Saxophon Competition (Moscow)
2024
- First Prize winner at the International Wind Instrument Competition Moscow Wind (Moscow)
2025
- Grand Prix winner at the International Talent Competition Finist (Saint Petersburg)
2026
- Second Prize winner at the International Saxophone Competition Prokofiev-SAX (Pushkino)
- Grand Prix winner at the International Competition for Wind Instrument Performers Grand Music Art
He has taken part in master classes with Vladimir Ustyantsev, Sergei Kolesov, Vladimir Koznov, Nikita Zimin, Leonid Drutin, and Ryo Noda.
He is a scholarship holder of the New Names Foundation.
He has participated in a number of prestigious creative sessions and educational programs, including the 2nd Music Academy of Atomic Cities under the patronage of Yuri Bashmet (2019), the Sirius Educational Center (2021), the Artek International Children’s Center (2022), the World Youth Festival (2024), and the New Names Summer Creative School (2024).
He has performed at festivals such as the Festival of Culture and Arts of the Peoples of Russia (Yekaterinburg), Tchaikovsky. Reload (Saint Petersburg), Palaces of Saint Petersburg, the ARG Festival (Saint Petersburg), and the International Festival Andorra Sax Fest (Andorra).
He has collaborated with leading orchestras, including the Honoured Collective of Russia, the Capella Symphony Orchestra, the Tavrichesky Symphony Orchestra, and the Saint Petersburg Saxophone Orchestra. He maintains an active concert career both as a soloist and as a member of the saxophone quartet The Saxophone Game.
