Biography
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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 appeared throughout Europe with leading orchestras and renowned conductors. His engagements have included performances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä, the Philharmonia Orchestra led by Juraj Valčuha, the DSO Berlin with Ton Koopman, the Orchestre National de Lyon under Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste, the Filarmonica della Scala with Fabio Luisi and Simone Young, the Belgian National Orchestra under Stanislav Kochanovsky, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra led by Marin Alsop.

He has also collaborated with many distinguished conductors, including Vasily Petrenko, Roberto Abbado, Mikhail Pletnev, Andrey Boreyko, Dmitry Liss, Andris Poga, Tõnu Kaljuste, Vladimir Jurowski, David Afkham, and Anja Bihlmaier.

Sergej Krylov’s repertoire is exceptionally wide, spanning from the Baroque to contemporary music. He regularly appears in solo violin recitals, devoting particular attention to the works of Bach, Ysaÿe and Paganini, while in duo with piano he has explored a substantial part of the violin repertoire. His passion for the concerto literature has led him to perform, alongside the most celebrated concertos for violin and orchestra, a number of less frequently heard yet remarkable works, including Offertorium by Sofia Gubaidulina, the violin concertos of Philip Glass, Ezio Bosso, Martinů and Weinberg, as well as, more recently, Pēteris Vasks’ Distant Light and the Violin Concerto by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

As Music Director of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Sergej Krylov frequently appears as both soloist and conductor, exploring a repertoire that ranges from Baroque masterpieces to contemporary works. Alongside his acclaimed career as a violinist, he has steadily expanded his conducting activities in recent years, leading ensembles including the Russian National Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, I Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, the Orchestra of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, the ORT in Florence among 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”.

Under the personal guidance of Krzysztof Penderecki, Sergej Krylov recorded the composer’s Violin Concerto No. 2, Metamorphosen, conducted by Penderecki himself, as part of the acclaimed project devoted to documenting the composer’s complete oeuvre.

Among the recent engagements of Sergej Krylov are the opening concert of Teatro alla Scala in Milano with a performance of Brahms' Violin Concerto, under the baton of Simone Young, the premiere of Offertorium by Sofia Gubaidulina with the Finnish Radio Orchestra conducted by Anja Bihlmaier and the Violin Concerto of Esa-Pekka Salonen with the Lithuanian Symphony Orchestra under Robertas Šervenikas.

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.

Sergej Krylov plays the Stradivarius “Camposelice” (1710), on generous loan from the Sasakawa Music Foundation (formerly the Nippon Music Foundation).

November 2026