Farid Bikchantaev

Farid Bikchantaev was born in Kazan in 1962. In 1991 he graduated from GITIS (Russian Institute of Theatre Arts) with a degree in Theatre Directing; a course run by Maria Knebel and Boris Golubosky . In 2002 he became the Artistic Director of Galiaskar Kamal Tatar National Academic Theatre. In 2011 Farid took on the role of head of the Republic of Tatarstan Theatre Union.
In addition to his directing career, Farid has taught in the Kazan State Institute of Culture since 2002: first as the Head of the Acting Department; then as a Professor. Farid has also delivered two acting courses in the Kazan Theatre School. Farid has been the Artistic Director of the International Theatre Festival and Forum of the Turkic people, “Nauruz”, since 2002. In 2004 he created a competition for Tatar playwrights, called "New Tatar Play." Bikchantaev has delivered more than 35 performances in various theatres of Russia throughout his 29 year directing career. Today, Farid continues his bold experiments with theatrical language, creatively refining and enriching the traditions and aesthetics of Tatar theatre.