Kristina Shtegman is a Russian/Swedish concert pianist & organist performing in Sweden, Europe and around the world. 

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After the graduation as a concert pianist in Sankt-Perersburg and Moscow Conservatories and pursuing a successful carrier as a performer and instructor, she took a completely new direction in music and became a student under the celebrated organ virtuoso and master of improvisation Gunnar Idenstam.

Kristina has even graduated as a concert organist from Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm.

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Her concerts is highly appreciated by audiences and explore the idea about weaving together native traditional music of the world with a powerful organ sound, virtuosic improvisation and highly professional skills in performance.

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The program includes masterpieces from 16th-17th centuries, some of the major works of J.S.Bach, Reger, Dupré and a lot of own transcriptions for the organ of modern music from other genres. Many of transcriptions are unique and those compositions have never before been performed on the church organ.

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A special place in the concerts is given to Kristina's own compositions and improvisations in "cross-over" genre. Kristina Shtegman is one of very few female organists whose compositions and performance was provided widely in Europa and USA and well-received by the media .

Kristina Shtegman have performed solo recitals in many major venues and Cathedrals of the world as Luleå Dome,Linköping Dome,Karlstad Dome,St Johannes Church,Malmö(all in Sweden);Christ Church Cathedral(Dublin),Dresden Hofkirche, Freiburg Dome (Germany),Grace Church (Charleston ,USA) and many other places.

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Kristina Shtegman is founder and leader of the Swedish Art of Organ Festival, and her 2015 project,”Friddjavouhta-Freedom”, features  music from the Arctic  North of Scandinavia in the world of the Sami people and their mysterious folk culture as it meets with the virtuoso organ tradition.

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