Kirill Gerstein, pianist, was born in Russia. He is one of today\u2019s most intriguing young musicians. His masterful technique, musical curiosity, and probing interpretations have led to explorations of classical music and jazz, advanced degrees by the age of 20, a professorship in piano by the age of 27, and a full performance schedule at the world\u2019s major music centers and festivals.
In January 2010 Gerstein was named the recipient of the 2010 Gilmore Artist Award, only the sixth musician to have been so honored. The Gilmore Artist Award is given to an exceptional pianist who, regardless of age or nationality, possesses broad and profound musicianship and charisma and who desires and can sustain a career as a major international concert artist. Highlights of Gerstein\u2019s 2009\/10 North American season include debuts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit, and with the Atlanta Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Rochester Philharmonic; re-engagements with the Detroit, Houston, and Oregon Symphonies; a tour with cellist Steven Isserlis that included performances at the Kennedy Center and in San Francisco; and Gilmore Artist recital and concerto appearances at the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. Internationally, Mr. Gerstein appeared with the NHK Symphony Orchestra and Dutoit in Tokyo, toured Switzerland with the State Academic Symphony
Orchestra of Russia, and performs with Hanover\u2019s NDR Orchestra in Austria and
Italy. His summer 2009 schedule included appearances at the Verbier, Aix-en-
Provence, Delft, and Lucerne Festivals; a second performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Saratoga Festival; and a return to Caracas with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bol\u00edvar Youth Orchestra. Gerstein\u2019s most recent engagements in North America included performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, and the San Francisco, Baltimore, Dallas, Indianapolis, Vancouver, Oregon, and Utah symphonies; the Philadelphia Orchestra at Mann Music Center; the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Festival and Chicago\u2019s Grant Park Festival; and recitals in Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Detroit, Vancouver, Kansas City, Portland OR, and Washington\u2019s Kennedy Center.
Kirill Gerstein has worked with such prominent European orchestras as the Munich,
Rotterdam, and Royal Philharmonics, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
Staatskapelle Dresden, Zurich\u2019s Tonhalle, the Finnish and Swedish Radio Symphony
Orchestras, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, and the Deutsches Symphonie-
Orchester Berlin. He has also appeared in recitals in Paris, Prague, Hamburg,
London\u2019s Wigmore and Queen Elizabeth Halls, and the Liszt Academy in Budapest.
He made his Salzburg Festival debut playing solo and two-piano works with Andr\u00e1s Schiff in 2008.
Born in 1979 in Voronezh, Russia, Gerstein attended one of the country\u2019s special music schools for gifted children and taught himself to play jazz by listening to his parents\u2019 extensive record collection. He came to the USA at 14 to continue his studies in jazz piano as the youngest student ever to attend Boston\u2019s Berklee College of Music. However, he also continued working on the classical piano repertoire. Following his second summer at the Boston University program at Tanglewood, he decided to focus mainly on classical music and moved to New York City to attend the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Solomon Mikowsky and earned Bachelors and Masters of Music degrees. He continued his studies with Dmitri Bashkirov in Madrid and Ferenc Rados in Budapest. In addition to the 2010 Gilmore Artist Award, Kirill Gerstein was awarded First Prize at the 2001 Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition in Tel Aviv, received a 2002 Gilmore Young Artist Award, and was chosen as Carnegie Hall\u2019s Rising Star for the 2005\/06 season. He became an American citizen in 2003 and is currently a professor of piano at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart.<\/P>
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