Fyodor Kabelsky was born in Chelyabinsk in 1980. He graduated from the Novosibirsk Glinka Conservatoire (violin class of Professor Mikhail Turich). Prize-winner at the All-Russian violin competition West-Siberia-East (2nd prize), diploma-recipient at the international violin competition The Youth Arts Assembly and grant-recipient of the New Names programme. Has appeared as a soloist at the Column Hall of the House of Unions in Moscow, the St Petersburg State Capella and various other venues in France, Italy and the Netherlands.

Since 1998 he has worked with the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, and since 2002 he has been leader of the second violins. Frequently performs as a chamber musician. He is always looking for new ways to produce sounds on the violin, the instrument he adores.