Biography

Alexei Panov studied organ at the St Petersburg State Conservatory (1986–92) and was a postgraduate at the Kazan State Conservatory (1992–3). He has published numerous articles and five monographs, his main topics being Baroque treatises, Baroque and early Classical performance practice, musical lexicography, history of the organ and organ music, and theo-musicology. He is Professor and Director of the Department of Organ, Harpsichord and Carillon, and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the St Petersburg State University since 2006. He is a board member of the Russian Society for Music Theory since 2011. a.panov@spbu.ru