Vladimir Fedoseyev was born in St Petersburg and studied in Moscow at the Gnesins Musical Academy and then at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Professor Leo Ginzburg. In 1971 he was invited by the legendary Evgeny Mravinsky to guest conduct the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Such was the success of this concert that many invitations followed and Fedoseyev's conducting career was launched.
 In 1974 Fedoseyev became Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. During a period of almost 30 years in this role he has formed a very special relationship with the musicians and developed a distinctive profile for the Orchestra. Under his leadership the Orchestra has made many successful tours of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Great Britain, Spain, the USA, South America, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and Australia. In 1996 Fedoseyev was awarded the prestigious Russian award for "Services to the Motherland" and in December 1996 he also received from the Austrian Republic the Silver Cross for his services to music in Austria followed by the prestigious Golden Medal for the services to the City of Vienna in October 2002.
 In 1997 Vladimir Fedoseyev was appointed Chief Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Since assuming this position, he has undertaken a number of highly successful tours worldwide with the orchestra and has received much acclaim for his concerts in Vienna at the Musikverein and at the Konzerthaus. Particular highlights of his time with the Vienna Symphony have been his outstanding performances of Schoenberg's Gurrelieder, Verdi's Requiem, a concert performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar's Bride and a complete cycle of Beethoven's symphonic works at the Musikverein and Konzerthaus which culminated in a performance of the Missa Solemnis on New Year's Eve 2000. In October and November 2003 he has conducted the orchestra on a tour in the USA.
 During recent years Maestro Fedoseyev has, as guest conductor, worked with many of the world's leading orchestras including the Bavarian Radio, Cologne Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Berlin Philharmonic, Zurich Tonhalle (where he conducts every season) and all the major orchestras in Paris. Heis always seen as a welcome guest in Japan and in 1996 was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.
 As a highly acclaimed operatic conductor, Fedoseyev is a regular guest conductor at the Zurich Opera where his performances of Verdi's Attila, Un Ballo in Maschera, Otello, Glinka's A Life for the Tsar, Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina, Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades, Massenet's Don Quichotte and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin have been very successful. Other notable operatic engagements have included Rubenstein's Demon in 1997 and L'Amore di Tre Re by Montemezzi in 1998 at the Bregenz Festival. In Summer 2003 Maestro Fedoseyev mounted a new production of Janacek's Cunning Little Vixen there. He has conducted at La Scala, Vienna State Opera, Teatro Comunale in Florence, and the opera houses in Rome and Bologna.
Future engagements include concerts with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestre de Paris, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Oslo Philharmonic, debuts with the Cleveland, Pittsburgh and the Detroit Symphony, as well as return visits to Japan and Asia with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio.
 Amongst Fedoseyev's numerous recordings, his discography encompasses the symphonies, operas and ballets of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Brahms and Mendelssohn.