Sergej Krylov Violin

Beguiling musicianship, fervent lyricism and intense tonal beauty comprise merely a few of the  qualities that have secured Sergej Krylov’s place amongst the world’s most renowned performers.  The violinist displays breathtaking virtuosity as he provides profound and expressive insights into  the works forming his exceptionally broad repertoire. 

In recent years, Sergej has performed all over Europe with major orchestras and conductors. Among  them, the London Philharmonic (Osmo Vanska), Philharmonia Orchestra (Juraj Valcuha), the DSO  Berlin (Ton Koopman), Orchestre National de Lyon (Nikolaj Znaider), Orchestre Philharmonique  de Monte-Carlo (Jukka-Pekka Saraste), Filarmonica della Scala (Fabio Luisi), Belgian National  Orchestra (Stanislav Kochanovsky) and Royal Philharmonic (Marin Alsop). 

His collaborations over the past decade have included leading conductors, such as Vasily Petrenko,  Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Marin Alsop, Nikolaj Zhaider, Ton Koopman, Roberto Abbado, Mikhail  Pletnev, Andrey Boreyko, Dmitry Liss, Andris Poga, Tonu Kaljuste, Vladimir Jurowsky, Osmo  Vanska, David Afkham, Fabio Luisi. 

As Music Director of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Krylov usually acts as soloist and  conductor in a wide repertoire that ranges from Baroque to contemporary music. In recent years, he  has increased his activity as a conductor, working with orchestras such as the Russian National  Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Zagreb Philharmonic, the Pomeriggi Musicali Milan  and the Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa, the Novosibirsk Philharmonic and many others. 

In addition to early recordings for Melodiya and EMI, Krylov’s discography includes two releases  on Deutsche Grammophon: Vivaldi Four Seasons with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra and  Paganini’s 24 Caprices, for Sony Classical, the world-premiere of Ezio Bosso’s Violin  Concerto “Esoconcerto”. 

He also recorded Krzysztof Penderecki’s Violin Concerto “Metamorphosen” under the Polish  composer’s direction, as part of a landmark project to record Penderecki’s complete works. 

Born into a family of musicians, Sergej began studying the violin at the age of five. A graduate of  the Central Music School in Moscow (class of S.I. Kravchenko), and a student of Abram Stern and  Salvatore Accardo, Sergej Krylov holds the post of Professor at the Lugano Conservatory in  Switzerland since 2012. He has taken part in the jury of numerous prestigious international  competitions, including the XVI International P.I. Tchaikovsky, the 10th Fritz Kreisler Violin  Competition in Vienna as well as the 55th and 56th editions of the International Niccolò Paganini  Competition in Genoa, where he was a chairman of the Jury.