Kirill Zheleznov

(St. Petersburg, Russia) Kirill Zheleznov is a Russian concert pianist and composer, based in Madrid. He is a distinguished alumnus of the Reina Sofía School of Music, where he studied piano with Professor Milana Chernyavska. In 2023, Her Majesty Queen Sofía personally presented him with the Most Outstanding Student Diploma of the “Fundación Banco Santander” Piano Chair. He also received the Diploma for Best Chamber Music Group (Deloitte Mozart Trio) in 2025.
As a pianist, Kirill has won numerous top awards, including the Grand Prize at the “Città di Arona” International Piano Competition (2021) and the Grand Prize at the XVIII “Crimean Spring” International Music Competition. He has pursued advanced studies at the Mussorgsky College of Music and the Royal College of Music in London with the ‘Kenneth and Violet Scott Scholar’ scholarship, as well as masterclasses with Stanislav Ioudenitch, Rena Shereshevskaya, and Elisabeth Leonskaja. He has performed on prestigious international stages, including the Vienna Concert Hall and the Yehudi Menuhin Hall in Brussels.
His work as a composer has also garnered international recognition. In 2024, he won First Prize in the International Music Competition dedicated to Igor Stravinsky for his work “Piano Trio No. 1, ‘El Prado'”. Other accolades include Second Prize in the International Music Competition dedicated to D. Shostakovich (2025) and multiple Platinum and Gold awards in the Erik Satie International Competition (2024). Kirill has also contributed significant scores to cinema, including “An Eye For a Window”, which won ‘Best Student Film’ at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Festival in 2019.