Kirill Gerstein & Brad Mehldau

Kirill Gerstein & Brad Mehldau

Kirill Gerstein

Kirill Gerstein is a widely respected pianist whose work is defined by intellectual curiosity, remarkable stylistic breadth and refined technique. As a performer, curator and educator, he explores a repertoire ranging from Baroque and Classical music to contemporary works, as well as jazz and cabaret, and maintains long-standing collaborations with leading orchestras, conductors, composers and cultural institutions around the world.

Recent highlights include appearances with the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Wiener Symphoniker, as well as major performances at Carnegie Hall, the Musikfest Berlin and the Ruhr Piano Festival. He has served as Artist in Residence with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and as Spotlight Artist with the London Symphony Orchestra. He also regularly performs as pianist-conductor with ensembles such as the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Czech Philharmonic.

Gerstein’s recordings have received Grammy Award nominations and a special Opus Klassik prize for excellence in artistic concept. A committed advocate of contemporary music, he has premiered works by Thomas Adès, Chick Corea and Brad Mehldau. He is Professor of Piano at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin and also teaches at the Kronberg Academy.

Kirill Gerstein & Brad Mehldau

Brad Mehldau

One of the most lyrical and intimate voices of contemporary jazz piano, Brad Mehldau has forged a singular path that embodies the spirit of jazz exploration, classical romanticism and the appeal of pop. From the critical recognition he achieved as a bandleader to the major international exposure gained through collaborations with Pat Metheny, Renée Fleming and Joshua Redman, Mehldau continues to receive numerous awards and the admiration of both jazz purists and music lovers alike.

His explorations blending different musical languages, in both trio and solo settings, have produced brilliant reinterpretations of songs by contemporary songwriters such as The Beatles, Cole Porter, Radiohead, Paul Simon, George Gershwin and Nick Drake, alongside an ever-expanding catalogue of original compositions. With his declared affection for popular music and his classical training, “Mehldau is the most influential jazz pianist of the past twenty years” (The New York Times).