Kirill Gerstein

Kirill Gerstein
2009
Born (1979-10-23) 23 October 1979
EducationManhattan School of Music
Occupations
  • Pianist
  • Harpsichordist
  • Academic teacher
OrganizationsHochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler"
Awards

Kirill Gerstein (Russian: Кирилл Герштейн) (born 23 October 1979) is a Russian-American concert pianist. He is the sixth recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award. Born in the former Soviet Union, Gerstein is an American citizen based in Berlin. Between 2007-2017, he led piano classes at the Stuttgart Musik Hochschule. In 2018, he took up the post of Professor of Piano at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule in Berlin in addition to the Kronberg Academy’s Sir András Schiff Performance Programme for Young Artists.