Prof. Kirill Troussov

• Professor of violin at the University of Music and Theatre Munich

• Founder & Artistic Director of the Sarasate Academy in Madrid

• Founder & Artistic Diretor of the Chamber Music Festival Seville

• Founder & Director of the Engers Academy in Frankfurt

• Chairman & Artistic Director of the Hong Kong Violin Competition

• Vice President & Artistic Director of the Carl Flesch Competition in Hungary

• Artistic Director of the Ammerseerenade Music Festival in Germany

• Artistic Director of the Music Festival Pago de la Jaraba

• Artistic Advisor of the Kaposvar International Music Festival

• Ambassador of the career enhancement programme of Classeek

• Ambassador and Honorary Board Member of Project CliKK

Supported and guided by Sir Yehudi Menuhin at a young age, Kirill Troussov is now widely recognised as one of the leading violinists of his generation. The international press describes his playing as "...impressive elegance, irreproachable technique, an exceptional musical sensitivity and sonorities of immaculate beauty...". Kirill Troussov is a regular guest at prestigious concert halls and renowned international music festivals, all over the world.

His collaboration with celebrated conductors such as Sir Neville Marriner, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Daniele Gatti, Lawrence Foster, Jiri Belohlàvek, Michail Jurowski, David Stern, Christoph Poppen, Vladimir Spivakov, Mikko Frank and Louis Langrée as well as with major orchestras such as the Staatskapelle Berlin, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre National de France, Radio Orchestra of Hessischer Rundfunk, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Baden-Baden, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and Bamberg Symphony Orchestra has brought him, among others, to Tonhalle Zürich, Berliner Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Palais des Beaux Arts Brüssel, Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, De Doelen, NCPA in Beijing, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Auditorio Nacional de Musica in Madrid, Verbier Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Festival and Menuhin Festival Gstaad.

His passion for chamber music and friendship connect Kirill Troussov with artists like Sol Gabetta, Yuja Wang, Daniel Hope, Joshua Bell, Gautier und Renaud Capucon, Yuri Bashmet, Mischa Maisky, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Julian Rachlin, Christian Zacharias und Natalia Gutman.

His substitution for Gidon Kremer in Paris, the Asia Tour with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, his spectacular performance at the BBC Proms and his activity as jury member at international competitions — among others at the Schoenfeld International String Competition — are just some of numerous highlights of his past concert seasons.

His international awards include the European cultural award "Pro-Europa", the Davidoff-Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, the international Yamaha Prize and the Reuters-Prize of the Verbier Festival.

Kirill Troussov regularly gives master classes at the Mozarteum Salzburg, Colburn School Los Angeles, Beijing and Nanjing Central Conservatory, European Music Institute Vienna, in Cremona, Milan, Madrid, Dublin, Berlin, Munich, Oslo, Budapest, USA, Hong Kong and Japan.

Since 2021 he is chairman and artistic director of the Hong Kong International Young Musicians Competition as well as vice president and artistic director of the Carl Flesch Competition in Hungary.

Kirill Troussov's CD-recordings — among others by EMI-Classics, Warner Classics, Dabringhaus & Grimm, Naxos and Farao Classics — have been repeatedly awarded and highly praised by the international press.

Since 2023 the label Orchid Classics has been releasing the series "Kirill Troussov Live", where over 40 of his celebrated live concert performances will be available on all audio-streaming platforms. Meanwhile this series has reached 2.5 million streams.

In 2024 Kirill Troussov founded the Sarasate Academy in Madrid (Spain) and the Engers Academy near Frankfurt (Germany). Furthermore he became artistic Aavisor of the international Music Festival Kaposfest in Hungary and artistic director of the international Music Festival Ammerseerenade near Munich in Germany.

In May 2025, the renowned University of Music and Theatre Munich appointed Kirill Troussov as Professor of Violin. He will take up his post on October 1, 2025.

Kirill Troussov completed his studies with Zakhar Bron and Christoph Poppen. His mentors have been Igor Oistrach, Herman Krebbers und Sir Yehudi Menuhin.

Kirill Troussov plays the Antonio Stradivari violin "Brodsky" of 1702, on which violinist Adolph Brodsky performed the world premiere of Tchaikovsky's violin concerto, on December 4, 1881.