His daughter Natalia announced his death.
Aleksander Samostrokow was born in 1951. In 1976, he graduated from the Choral Conducting Department of the Academy of Music in Lviv. He had extensive experience working with choirs at higher and secondary music schools, as well as with amateur ensembles. A trained pianist and teacher, he had worked as an accompanist since his student days.
On October 20, 2019, the Kamerton choir of the Witold Lutosławski State Music School of the 1st degree in Bolesławiec, under the direction of Aleksander Samostrokow, and the conductor himself celebrated the 20th anniversary of their activity.