Sergej Krylov

Sergej Krylov has established himself as one of the most talented violinists of his generation. He is regularly invited to perform at prestigious concert halls worldwide and has appeared with orchestras including the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Filarmonica della Scala, the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Hessischer Rundfunk Frankfurt, and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Russian National Symphony, NHK Symphony (Tokyo), Atlanta Symphony, English Chamber and Budapest Festival orchestras.

Among the important personalities with whom he has worked, his friendship with Mstislav Rostropovich has been one of the most significant influences in Krylov’s artistic life. Krylov has appeared with many conductors including Vladimir Jurowski, Valery Gergiev, Mikhail Pletnev, Andrey Boreyko, Dmitri Kitajenko, Omer Meir Wellber, Yuri Temirkanov, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Nicola Luisotti, Julian Kovatchev, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Saulius Sondeckis, Zoltán Kocsis and Yuri Bashmet.

Major engagements this season include his debut with the London Philharmonic/Tonu Kaljuste, the Budapest Festival Orchestra/Dmitri Kitajenko, the Mozarteum Orchestra/Marc Minkowski and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Vasily Petrenko. Other highlights are the concerts in Cologne and Bonn with Kitajenko, in Moscow with Boreyko, in Bregenz with Pletnev and with Rai Orchestra Turin with Slobodeniouk. Among his recent highlights were his debut at the Berlin Philharmonie with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Omer Meir Wellber and a return to the Teatro alla Scala in Milan with James Conlon conducting the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala.
Sergej devotes a great deal of time to chamber music projects, playing alongside Denis Matsuev, Yuri Bashmet, Itamar Golan, Lilya Zilberstein, Aleksandar Madyar, Bruno Canino, Stefania Mormone, Maxim Rysanov, Nobuko Imai, the Belcea Quartet and Elīna Garanča. Since 2009 he has been Music Director of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, regularly taking the double role of soloist and conductor in a wide repertoire ranging from Baroque music to contemporary works.

His discography, in addition to the release of the Paganini 24 Caprices, includes recordings for EMI and Melodya.
Born in Moscow into a family of musicians, Sergej Krylov began studying the violin at the age of five and completed his studies at the Moscow Central Music School. While still very young he won the International Lipizer Violin Competition, the Stradivarius International Violin Competition and the Fritz Kreisler Competition.
October 2013