Kirill’s debut summer

This summer promises to be a hot one for Kirill. Just a few days into the summer months and Kirill has already won praise for his June 26 recital at Le Poisson Rouge. Of his recital, the Examiner.com exclaimed, “In the course of the night, Gerstein filled the shoes of both café pianist and virtuoso performer. His versatility is unquestionable.” Following his Le Poisson Rouge performance, Kirill makes his New York Philharmonic debut for three performances this week performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 at Lincoln Center, with conductor Bramwell Tovey.

Next month, Kirill makes his Toronto recital debut when he opens the Toronto Summer Music Festival with a recital featuring Beethoven’s Op. 111 Sonata and both books of the Brahms Variations on a Theme of Paganini, as well as Liszt’s Sonata in B minor on July 19.