Krylov Sergej
Violin
Born in Moscow into a family of musicians, Sergej Krylov started studying the violin at the age of five and made his debut with orchestra at ten, performing in Russia, China, Finland and Germany.
At a very young age he won First Prize at the International Competition “R. Lipizer” and, after studying with Salvatore Accardo, he was awarded First Prize at both the “A. Stradivari” Competition in Cremona and the prestigious “Fritz Kreisler” in Vienna. Following this he has developed a highly successful career, performing at the Berlin Philharmonie, Munich Philharmonie and Herkulessaal, Wien Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Théatre des Champs-Elysées and Auditorium de Radio France in Paris, Athens’ Megaron Centre, Brussels Bozar, Tokyo Suntory Hall, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Teatro La Fenice in Venice and Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
Sergej Krylov appears with some of the most prestigious orchestras in the world, such as the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, English Chamber Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Hessischer Rundfunk Frankfurt, Camerata Academica Salzburg, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonie, Orchestra Verdi in Milan, Filarmonica Toscanini, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg and Copenhagen Philharmonic.
Among the most important personalities with whom he has worked, his friendship with Mstislav Rostropovich marks a very significant moment in Krylov’s artistic life. They have performed together several times.
Krylov also appears with many conductors: Yuri Temirkanov, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Andrey Boreyko, Nicola Luisotti, Mikhail Pletnev, Vladimir Jurowski, Dmitri Kitajenko, Saulius Sondeckis, Zoltan Kocsis, Julian Kovatchev and Yuri Bashmet.
He often works on chamber music projects playing alongside Yuri Bashmet, Itamar Golan, Lilya Zilberstein, Aleksandar Madzar, Yefim Bronfman, Denis Matsuev, Bruno Canino, Stefania Mormone, Mikhail Rudy, Maxim Vengerov, Misha Maisky, Nobuko Imai, the Belcea Quartet and Elina Garanca.
Since 2009 he is Music Director of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra.
His discography, in addition to the recent publication of the Paganini 24 Caprices, includes recordings for EMI, Melodya and Agorà.
Sergej Krylov plays the Stradivari “Scotland University” (1734) from the Sau-Wing Lam Collection, Courtesy of “Fondazione A. Stradivari” in Cremona.
