Marat Ingeldeev is a music journalist, critic and researcher based in London.
His writing, reviews and interviews have appeared in VAN Magazine, Positionen, Eurozine, Bachtrack, All About Jazz, Tempo, Muzykalnaya Zhizn, RBK, Stravinsky.online, Timetohear and elsewhere. His interviewees have included leading composers, performers and artists in contemporary music: Jürg Frey, Johannes Kreidler, Yannis Kyriakides, Laurence Crane, Bryn Harrison, Juliet Fraser, GBSR Duo, Matthew Shlomowitz, Elaine Mitchener, Maia Urstad, Neil Luck, Sergej Newski and Elena Firsova.
Alongside his writing, Marat has co-edited a special issue of Positionen (147). Between 2022 and 2024, he co-hosted violet snow, a Russian-language podcast about new music, producing 43 episodes of discussions, specials and guest interviews. He took part in the Words on Music programme at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse in 2023, led by Kate Molleson and Peter Meanwell. In 2022, he co-curated the charity concert Piano Music for Ukraine at Pushkin House. He has occasionally contributed to programming for Gnesin Contemporary Music Week.
As a researcher, Marat holds an MA in Music from Goldsmiths, University of London. His work applies aesthetics, cultural theory and philosophy to contemporary music, with a particular focus on metamodernism. He has presented at the RMA Conference, Gnesin Contemporary Music Week and ZIL Culture Centre.