Krylov, Sergey Alexandrovich (violinist)

Born in Moscow in a family of musicians. Father is the outstanding violin master Alexander Alekseevich Krylov, mother is the famous pianist and teacher Lyudmila Borisovna Krylova.

He began to study the violin at the age of five; a year later he gave his first concert. At ten years old, already being a pupil of S.I. Kravchenko and A.Kh.Stern at the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory , debuted with the orchestra and began performing in Russia, China , Poland , Finland and Germany . At the age of sixteen, together with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Saulius Sondeckis, he recorded a record at Melody , as well as a number of programs for Soviet radio and television . At eighteen, the musician received the first prize at the International Competition. Rodolfo Lipitsera in Gorizia (Italy), after which he began his studies with Salvatore Accardo at the Walter Stauffer Academy. The young violinist gained wide fame after he was awarded the first prize at the competition to them. Antonio Stradivari in Cremona and first prize at the prestigious Fritz Kreisler competition in Vienna .

Sergey Krylov performs at the Berlin and Munich Philharmonic, in the halls of the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Théatre des Champs-Elysées and Salle Pleyel in Paris , the Megaron in Athens , the Bozar in Brussels , the Suntory Hall in Tokyo , the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires , China National Concert Hall in Beijing , Teatrola Fenice in Venice , La Scala Theater in Milan , Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory , Tchaikovsky Concert Hall , Grand Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic named after Shostakovich .

The musician has performed with many world-famous orchestras, including the Vienna Symphony , English Chamber Orchestra , the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra , the Russian National Orchestra , Camerata Salzburg , the Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra , Dresden Staatskapelle , the New State Orchestra Russia ” , Atlanta Symphony Orchestra , Tokyo Symphony Orchestra , Beijing Symphony Orchestra , Hessischer Rundfunk , Deutsche Radio Philharmonie , Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra in Milan , Filarmonica Toscanini, Hamburg State Fila rmonic orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, etc.

Among the most significant personalities with which the musician worked, Mstislav Rostropovich , who wrote that "... Sergey Krylov is one of the five best contemporary violinists in the world," should be especially noted.

Sergey Krylov also collaborated with such conductors as Yuri Temirkanov , Valery Gergiev , Nikola Luizotti , Vladimir Ashkenazi , Dmitry Kitaenko , Mikhail Pletnev , Omer M. Wellber, Andrey Boreyko , Yutaka Sado , Zoltan Kochish , Dmitry Liss , Vladimir Yurovsky and Yuri Bashmet . His partners in chamber concerts were many famous musicians: Efim Bronfman , Elina Garancha , Yuri Bashmet, Denis Matsuev , Itamar Golan , Alexander Knyazev , Bruno Canino , Misha Maisky , Zoltan Kochish, Nobuko Imai , Alexander Buzlov, Lilia Zilberstein and many others. In collaboration with Sting, he recorded the Twin Spirits DVD on Robert Schumann .

Since 2008 , Sergey Krylov combines his solo career with conducting. He is the chief conductor of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra. As a conductor, he worked with such orchestras as the English Chamber Orchestra, the Regionale Toscana Symphony Orchestra, the Accademia Orchestra Mozart Chamber Orchestra, the Magna Grecia Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, the Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra and others.

Since 2012 , he is a professor at the Conservatory in Lugano , Switzerland (The Universaty of Music and Arts in Lugano, Switzerland).

• 1989 - First Prize of the International Violin Competition named after R. Lipitzer in Gorizia (Italy)
• 1993 and 1997 - Chilean Critics Prize “Best Foreign Performer of the Year” ( Chile )
• 1998 - First prize of the International Violin Competition Antonio Stradivari in Cremona (Italy)
• 2000 - First Prize of the F. Kreisler International Violin Competition in Vienna (Austria)
• 2000 - Gold medal “Viotti d'Oro” ( Vercelli , Italy)
• 2003 - Award for achievements in the field of musical art “Torrone d'Oro” (Cremona, Italy)
• 2004 - Award for contribution to the development of musical art "Angelo dell'Anno" (Milan, Italy)
• 2005 - Silver violin “Violino d'argento” (Cremona, Italy)
• 2005 - Order of Paul Harris Fellow (Cremona, Italy)
• 2009 - Award for outstanding achievements in the field of musical culture “Le Muse” (Musa Polimnia) ( Florence , Italy)
• 2013 - Honorary Citizen of the Year Persico Dosimo (Cremona, Italy)

• AMC official website
• Sergey Krylov on youtube.
• Sergey Krylov on Facebook
• "I was a test pilot for my father's violins." Interview for belcanto.ru.
• "I had no choice". Interview with Sergey Krylov.
• "Musician of the XXI century."
• Interview with the festival "Stars on Lake Baikal".
• Sergey Krylov - for the first time in Novosibirsk. (inaccessible link)
• "Sergey Krylov - an ordinary genius?" Interview with the Platonov Festival.
• Paganini children. Italian violinist Sergey Krylov performed for the first time in Russia
• Sergey Krylov: “I like things made to the limit”
• Sergey Krylov: “I am a Russian violinist with a European bias”