One of the best violinists of our time. Sergej Krylov was born in Moscow into a family of musicians. He gained wide international fame, winning the first prizes at the Antonio Stradivari and Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competitions.
"I was amazed by the quality of this remarkable violinist whom I consider to be one of the five best contemporary violinists in the world," — Rostropovich wrote about his young colleague.
For his outstanding contribution to the development of musical art, Sergej Krylov was awarded the prizes "Le Muse" (Florence), "Viotti d’oro" (Vercelli), "Angelo dell’anno" (Milan), "Torrone d’oro" and "Violino d’argento"(Cremona).
Sergej Krylov performed with the great orchestras of Europe, Russia, Asia and America under the baton of such conductors such as Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Marin Alsop, Dmitri Kitajenko, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Charles Dutoit, James Conlon, Mikhail Pletnev, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Valery Gergiev, Yuri Simonov, Vasily Petrenko, Fabio Luisi, Andrey Boreyko, Yuri Temirkanov, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Dmitry Liss, Vladimir Jurowski and Roberto Abbado.
Sergej Krylov is the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra since 2008. They gave hundreds of concerts around the world. He has conducted numerous orchestras in the UK, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Russia and Israel.
Sergej Krylov is a Professor at the Lugano Conservatory (Switzerland) since 2012. He participated as a jury member in prestigious international competitions, including the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition and the 55th International Niccolo Paganini Competition in Genoa, where he was a chairman of the Jury.