Kirill Zvegintsov

About Kirill Zvegintsov

The internationally acclaimed pianist and conductor Kirill Zvegintsov was born in Ukraine and has lived in Basel since 2005. He has performed at numerous festivals including the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, the Davos Festival, Piano à Saint-Ursanne, Murten Classics, Musikfestival Bern, Klavierfest Berlin-Weißensee, and Musiksommer am Zürichsee. He has also been a prizewinner at major piano competitions such as the Concours international de piano d'Orléans, Toronto International Piano Competition, Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary, and the International Piano Competition J. S. Bach in Würzburg. Zvegintsov has performed at venues including the Salle Cortot in Paris, the Kulturcasino Bern, the Naxoshalle in Frankfurt, the Nationaltheater in Mannheim, and Theater Basel.
Kirill Zvegintsov’s repertoire ranges from Baroque composers to contemporary music. He enjoys creating unconventional programs that include little-known works. Despite his keen interest in contemporary musical developments, his roots are in classical music, and his repertoire includes Bach's complete Well-Tempered Clavier, Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues, and Messiaen's Vingt Regards. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the Basel Sinfonietta, the Bern Symphony Orchestra, the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie, and the tfn_philharmonie Theater for Lower Saxony.
His live recording of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues was released in 2012, followed in 2019 by the highly acclaimed CD Eaux-Fortes with music by Couperin, Debussy, Hugon, and Lenot. Kirill Zvegintsov is a co-founder of the concert series "Konzerte am Ausserberg" in Riehen and co-conductor of the chamber orchestra Sinfonietta Bern. He has been the pianist of Ensemble Phoenix in Basel since 2024.
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