Biography
Aleksei Kiseliov is a Belarusian-born cellist whose career spans solo performance, chamber music, orchestral leadership, and education at the highest levels. Praised for his warm sound and lyrical expressivity, he is currently Solo Cellist with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and teaches at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
Aleksei has performed as soloist with orchestras including the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, London Firebird Orchestra, the State Symphony and Chamber Orchestras of Belarus, the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Symphony, and the Orpheus Sinfonia in London. His performances have taken him to venues such as the Concertgebouw Kleine Zaal (Amsterdam), Bozar and Flagey(Brussels), Cadogan Hall, the Purcell Room and the Royal Albert Hall (London), and to concert halls across France, Switzerland, Germany and the U.S.
Since 2022, he has held the position of Solo Cellist with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. From 2011 to 2022, Aleksei served as Principal Cellist of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, regularly performing as soloist and in chamber ensembles. He has appeared as Guest Principal with the Oslo Philharmonic, Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and English National Opera.
A passionate chamber musician, Aleksei has has appeared at many leading festivals, among them Korsholm Music Festival, Musica Mundi Festival, the Yuri Bashmet International Music Festival, Les Vacances de Monsieur Haydn, Kronberg Academy’s Cello Masterclasses and Concerts, Beauvais Cello Festival and GAIA Chamber Music Festival. He has collaborated with distinguished artists including Itamar Golan, Alexandre Kantorow, Benjamin Grosvenor, Alasdair Beatson, Maxim Vengerov, Nicola Benedetti, Giovanni Sollima and Gavriel Lipkind.
Alongside his performing career, Aleksei is an experienced teacher and mentor. He currently teaches at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and previously served as cello professor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland from 2011 to 2021. He regularly gives masterclasses and sectional coaching for institutions including NYOS (National Youth Orchestra of Scotland), Musica Mundi and the Royal College of Music in London, where he assisted Hélène Dautry during his Lambert Fellowship.
Aleksei Kiseliov är en belarusiskfödd cellist vars karriär omfattar solospel, kammarmusik, ledande orkesterpositioner och undervisning på högsta nivå. Han har rosats för sin varmaklang och lyriska uttryckskraft och är för närvarande solocellist i Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester samt lärare vid Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm.
Aleksei har framträtt som solist med orkestrar såsom Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, London Firebird Orchestra, Belarus statliga symfoni- och kammarorkestrar, Sankt Petersburgs statliga akademiskakapellsymfoniorkester samt Orpheus Sinfonia i London. Hans konserter har fört honom till scener som Concertgebouw Kleine Zaal i Amsterdam, Bozar och Flagey i Bryssel, Cadogan Hall, Purcell Room och Royal Albert Hall i London samt till konserthus runt om i Frankrike, Schweiz, Tyskland och USA.
Sedan 2022 är han solocellist i Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester och mellan 2011 och 2022 var Aleksei solocellist i Royal Scottish National Orchestra, där han regelbundet framträddesom solist och kammarmusiker. Han har även varit gästande solocellist hos Oslo-Filharmonien, Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra ochEnglish National Opera.
Som hängiven kammarmusiker har Aleksei medverkat vid många ledande festivaler, däribland Korsholms Musikfestival, Musica Mundi Festival, Yuri Bashmet International Music Festival, Les Vacances de Monsieur Haydn, Kronberg Academys cellomästarklasseroch konserter, Beauvais Cello Festival samt GAIA Chamber Music Festival. Han har samarbetat med framstående musiker såsom Itamar Golan, Alexandre Kantorow, Benjamin Grosvenor, Alasdair Beatson, Maxim Vengerov, Nicola Benedetti, Giovanni Sollima ochGavriel Lipkind.
Parallellt med sin konsertverksamhet är Aleksei en erfaren pedagog och mentor. Han undervisar för närvarande vid Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm och var tidigareprofessor i violoncell vid Royal Conservatoire of Scotland mellan 2011 och 2021. Han gerregelbundet mästarklasser och sektionsundervisning för institutioner som NYOS (National Youth Orchestra of Scotland), Musica Mundi samt Royal College of Music i London, där hanassisterade Hélène Dautry under sin Lambert Fellowship.
Playing that seemed at times cool and restrained, only to shatter and reveal sombre, seething passions underneath.
In addition to his musical activities, Aleksei has served as artistic director of the Melodrama International Music Festival, which he founded in 2008 in London and Minsk.
Born in Minsk in 1985, Aleksei began cello studies at the age of five with Vladimir Perlin at the Republican Music College of Belarus. He continued his studies with Tilman Wick at the Hochschule für Musik in Hannover, and later as a student of Jérôme Pernoo and Raphael Wallfisch at the Royal College of Music in London, where he received both his Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours and a Postgraduate Diploma with Distinction, and further studies at Trinity Laban with Natalie Clein. Important mentors include Bernard Greenhouse, Anner Bylsma, Frans Helmerson, Pieter Wispelwey, Ralph Kirshbaum and Gavriel Lipkind.
His early performances included a solo tour of Holland at the age of nine, concerts with the State Chamber Orchestra and the State Symphony Orchestra of Belarus, the Opera and Ballet House of Minsk, and invitations to perform in Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Notably, Aleksei performed at the Franco-Belarusian Musical Spring festival and gave recitals at Cortot Hall and the Théâtre du Trianon in Paris.
Aleksei was recently awarded the Sten Frykberg scholarship from the Royal Music Academy for his exploration into cello ergonomics. He has also been recognised with international awards, including top prizes at the Music of Hope International Competition and the Tchaikovsky International Youth Competition in St. Petersburg, Belarus Pupil of the Year, two awards from the Presidential Fund for Talented Youth as well as a special prize from the Vladimir Spivakov Fund. Aleksei received a full scholarship to the Royal College of Music, and was awarded the Leverhulme Trust Award, Richard Carne Award (twice), Lilian Sutton Award, Orpheus Sinfonia Trust Award, Worshipful Company of Musicians Lambert Fellowship, and top prizes including “Best Performance of a British Work” at the Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition.
Aleksei performs on a rare 1740 Don Nicolo Amati cello, generously on loan from the Swedish Järnåker Foundation.
Utöver sin musikaliska verksamhet har Aleksei varit konstnärlig ledare för Melodrama International Music Festival, som han grundade 2008 i London och Minsk.
Aleksei föddes i Minsk 1985 och började studera violoncell vid fem års ålder för Vladimir Perlin vid Republikanska Musikhögskolan i Belarus. Han fortsatte sina studier för TilmanWick vid Hochschule für Musik i Hannover och därefter vid Royal College of Music i London för Jérôme Pernoo och Raphael Wallfisch, där han avlade kandidatexamen i musikmed högsta betyg samt ett postgraduate-diplom med utmärkelse. Vidare studier genomfördehan vid Trinity Laban för Natalie Clein. Bland hans viktigaste mentorer återfinns Bernard Greenhouse, Anner Bylsma, Frans Helmerson, Pieter Wispelwey, Ralph Kirshbaum ochGavriel Lipkind.
Hans tidiga framträdanden inkluderar en soloturné i Nederländerna vid nio års ålder, konserter med Belarus statliga kammar- och symfoniorkestrar, vid Operan och Baletten i Minsk samt inbjudningar till framträdanden i Tyskland, Frankrike, Nederländerna ochStorbritannien. Särskilt kan nämnas framträdanden vid den fransk-belarusiska musikvårensamt recitaler i Salle Cortot och Théâtre du Trianon i Paris.
Aleksei har nyligen tilldelats Sten Frykbergs stipendium från Kungliga MusikaliskaAkademien för sitt arbete med violoncellens ergonomi. Han har även uppmärksammats med internationella utmärkelser, däribland förstapris i Music of Hope International Competition och Tjajkovskij internationella ungdomstävling i Sankt Petersburg, utmärkelsen Årets elev i Belarus, två priser från presidentens fond för begåvad ungdom samt ett specialpris frånVladimir Spivakov-fonden. Han mottog ett fullt stipendium till Royal College of Music ochhar tilldelats Leverhulme Trust Award, Richard Carne Award (två gånger), Lilian Sutton Award, Orpheus Sinfonia Trust Award, Worshipful Company of Musicians Lambert Fellowship samt toppriser, däribland ”Best Performance of a British Work”, vid Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition.
Aleksei spelar på en sällsynt violoncell byggd 1740 av Don Nicolo Amati, generöst utlånadav Järnåkerstiftelsen i Sverige.
Kiseliov is the master of every art and delved into every emotion Dvořák brings to the score… I don’t think I’ve heard such an emotive yet exhilarating performance.