Talk:Kirill Gerstein
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I work with Kirill Gerstein's management and have disclosed this on my user page. The article stops around 2020 and the discography ends in 2010. Below is proposed text bringing it to 2026, with every addition cited to independent sources (Gramophone, Deutsche Grammophon, Faber Music, Berliner Philharmoniker, Tonhalle Zürich, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, musicOMH, Musical America, HfM Hanns Eisler, The Armenian Weekly). I have deliberately excluded claims for which I could not find an independent source. Please review and apply what you consider appropriate. Thank you.
CAREER - new subsection (goes after the existing last Career paragraph)
2019 – present
[edit]In March 2019 Gerstein gave the world premiere of Thomas Adès's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer; the live recording, released by Deutsche Grammophon in 2020, won the Gramophone Award for Contemporary recording of the year[1] and was nominated for Grammy Awards for Best Classical Instrumental Solo and Best Contemporary Classical Composition.[2] His recording of Adès's solo and two-piano works, In Seven Days (myrios classics, 2020), received the 2021 International Classical Music Award in the contemporary category.[3]
In 2022 Gerstein performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Kirill Petrenko at the Waldbühne; the performance was released in 2023 in the orchestra's Rachmaninoff 150th-anniversary edition.[4] In October 2024 he played Busoni's Piano Concerto with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Sakari Oramo,[5] and in September 2024 he was the pianist in Messiaen's Des canyons aux étoiles with Simon Rattle and the Karajan Academy at Musikfest Berlin.[6]
Gerstein was Focus Artist of the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich in the 2025/26 season.[7] On 26 March 2026 he gave the world premiere of Francisco Coll's Piano Concerto with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Simon Rattle in Munich; the work was co-commissioned by the Bavarian Radio Symphony, Boston Symphony, São Paulo State Symphony, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.[8] In June 2026 he directed from the keyboard a cycle of all six Beethoven piano concertos, including the early WoO 4, with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe at the Casals Forum in Kronberg; the concerts were recorded for release on Apple Music via Platoon.[9] He appeared at the BBC Proms in August 2026 in Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Thomas Søndergård.[10] In 2021 the Manhattan School of Music awarded him an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree.[11]
CAREER - second new subsection
Music in Time of War and other projects
[edit]In May 2024 myrios classics released Gerstein's Music in Time of War, a double album with an accompanying 172-page book pairing late piano works by Claude Debussy with music by the Armenian composer Komitas, with contributions from Thomas Adès, Katia Skanavi and soprano Ruzan Mantashyan and essays by Annette Becker, Artur Avanesov, Khachig Mouradian and Heinz Holliger.[12][13] The project received a special prize for curation at the 2025 Opus Klassik awards.[14]
In June 2025 ECM Records released The Visitors, a duo work Chick Corea wrote for Gerstein and Gary Burton, recorded at the 2012 Gilmore International Piano Festival.[15]
AWARDS - add to the existing list
- 2020: Gramophone Award, Contemporary: Adès: Piano Concerto; Totentanz (Boston Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Adès)[16]
- 2021: Grammy nominations, Best Classical Instrumental Solo and Best Contemporary Classical Composition (Adès Piano Concerto)[17]
- 2021: International Classical Music Award, Contemporary: In Seven Days (myrios classics)[18]
- 2021: Honorary Doctor of Musical Arts, Manhattan School of Music[19]
- 2025: Opus Klassik special prize for curation: Music in Time of War[20]
DISCOGRAPHY rows to add
2019 | The Tchaikovsky Project: Piano Concertos 1–3 (No. 1 in the 1879 version) | Czech Philharmonic / Semyon Bychkov | Decca
source: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8648873--the-tchaikovsky-project
2020 | Adès: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra; Totentanz | Boston Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Adès | Deutsche Grammophon
source: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards/gramophone-classical-music-awards-2020/contemporary
2020 | Adès: In Seven Days; Mazurkas; Berceuse; Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face | with Thomas Adès | myrios classics
source: https://www.pianistmagazine.com/news/kirill-gerstein-wins-2021-international-classical-music-award/
2023 | Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 (in "Kirill Petrenko conducts Rachmaninoff") | Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko | Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings
source: https://www.berliner-philharmoniker-recordings.com/rachmaninoff.html
2024 | Music in Time of War: Debussy / Komitas (book + 2 CDs) | with Thomas Adès, Katia Skanavi, Ruzan Mantashyan | myrios classics
source: https://myriosmusic.com/products/music-in-time-of-war-debussy-komitas (label page: 2 CD + 172-page book, released 3 May 2024)
2025 | Chick Corea: The Visitors | with Gary Burton | ECM
source: https://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?archived=0&storyID=62124&categoryID=5
LEAD AND INFOBOX - suggestions
- Lead: add that he is Professor of Piano at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin (already sourced in the article) and that his recording of Adès's Piano Concerto won a 2020 Gramophone Award.
- Infobox: website kirillgerstein.com; labels myrios classics, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, ECM, Platoon.
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- ↑ "Gramophone Contemporary Award 2020". Gramophone. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Deutsche Grammophon artists and recordings secure seven nominations for 63rd Grammy Awards". Deutsche Grammophon. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Kirill Gerstein wins 2021 International Classical Music Award". Pianist. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Kirill Petrenko conducts Rachmaninoff". Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Berliner Philharmoniker, Oramo, Gerstein, 17?19 October 2024". Berliner Philharmoniker. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Karajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker ? Musikfest Berlin 2024". Berliner Festspiele. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Kirill Gerstein ? Season 2025/26". Tonhalle Orchester Zürich. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Coll's Piano Concerto premieres with Kirill Gerstein, Simon Rattle and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra". Faber Music. 1 April 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Cosmos Beethoven with Kirill Gerstein, Kronberg". Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ McDonnell, Keith (5 August 2026). "Rachmaninov's 'Paganini' Variations review ? Søndergård stuns with Shostakovich". musicOMH. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "2026 Commencement Program" (PDF). Manhattan School of Music. 21 May 2026. p. 10. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
Honorary Doctorates ? Past Recipients (2021): Kirill Gerstein (BM '99, MM '00), pianist
- ↑ "Music in Time of War ? Debussy/Komitas". myrios classics. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ "Gerstein wins prestigious Opus Klassik award for Komitas/Debussy project". The Armenian Weekly. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Prof. Antje Weithaas and Prof. Kirill Gerstein honoured with Opus Klassik 2025 award". Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Released Today: Chick Corea's 'The Visitors' Recorded at the 2012 Gilmore International Piano Festival". Musical America. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
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