A native of Moscow, russian pianist,composer A.Sheludyakov graduated as a pianis from the Gnessin's Musical Academy, and completed his doctoral studies there under professor Anatoly Vedernikov. He also later graduated as a composer from the Moscow Conservatory under professor Tikhon Khrennikov. His compositions include Variations for Orchestra, Ostinato for Orchestra, Suite for Oboe and Piano, Suite for Violin and Piano, the cantata Brotherhood Songs, Trombone Quartet, six vocal suites and many other compositions. Anatoly Sheludyakov was winner of the 1977 Russian National Piano competition.
In 1999, he was awarded the name "Honored Artist of the Russian Federation" for remarkable achievements in a piano performance and excellent collaborative artistic activities. He has performed solo concerts with orchestras, solo recitals, andchamber music in the most prestigious concert halls in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other major cities throughout Russia, Germany, France, Italy, China, Czechoslovakia,Yugoslavia, Australia and the USA.His repertoire includes the major works for piano, piano and orchestra, and piano chamber music of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods.
He has recorded twenty-six CDs of piano solo and chamber music and has performed on Russian Television and Radio. Among his solo CDs you can find a few world premiers such as the immense cycle "Twenty Four Pieces", op.36 by  outstanding Russian composer Anton Arensky, as well as the very first edition of piano compositions in a three CD collection by Russian composer Vladimir Rebikov.
One of the highest honors Anatoly has received as a Russian composer and particularly as a Russian pianist was a dedication by his great teacher Tikhon Khrennikov, who dedicated his Fourth Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra to Anatoly. The Concerto had been premierely recorded in 1995 and released on CD  along with Sonata for Cello and Piano.
The musical channel "Orpheus" in Moscow  taped a lot of music from Anatoly. The shows are accompanied by his oral lectures, and they have been aired many times ever since.
Prior to his UGA (University of Georgia in Athens) appointment,  Anatoly Sheludyakov was a member of the Moscow State Philharmonic Society and maintained a private piano studio.He is a permanent member of the Guild of Russian Composers.
A vocalist as well as a composer and a pianist, Sheludyakov was active as a church musician, and performed authentic folk music as a soloist-bass of the Pokrovsky Ensemble.