Biography

Kirill Gliadkovsky was born in Moscow and has studied music since the age of five. Mr. Gliadkovsky attended the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow where his teachers included renowned musicians Lev Vlasenko, Mikhail Pletniev (piano) and Leonid Royzman (organ). Mr. Gliadkovsky earned both his master’s and doctoral degrees at USC with professors Daniel Pollack (piano), Cherry Rhodes (organ) and William Schaefer (conducting).

Mr. Gliadkovsky took numerous prizes at international piano competitions including Citta di Marsala (Italy, 1990), Joanna Hodges (California, 1991) and the San Antonio Keyboard Competition (Texas, 1994). He was a winner at the American Guild of Organists Young Artists Competition in Santa Monica (1993).  

Since making his first public appearance at the age of six, Mr. Gliadkovsky has performed piano and organ recitals and as a soloist with orchestras in various cities in Russia, including Moscow's prestigious Bolshoi, Maliy and Rachmaninoff Halls and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic's Glinka Hall, as well as in Italy, U.K., Poland, Mongolia, Canada, Japan and throughout the United States. The venues included Philharmonic Hall in Poznan, Poland, Purcell Hall in London, Royce Hall in Los Angeles, Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, Centers for the Arts in Scottsdale and Chandler, Arizona, the National Gallery of Art and Catholic University in Washington, D.C., First Congregational Church in Los Angeles and many others. He has performed at various music events, such as the Aspen, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Redlands Bowl festivals and worked with well-known conductors Pierre Boulez, Mehli Mehta, Alexander Treger, Gordon Johnson, John Farrer and Mischa Semanitzky.

Mr. Gliadkovsky's has appeared on numerous live television and radio broadcasts of his concerts on such networks as Russian State TV and Radio, CBS, PBS, NPR, WQXR, KBYU and KPAC. Among his recent recordings are two CDs for Alexei Records and four CDs for CMK Classics labels.   

Mr. Gliadkovsky is also an orchestral and choral conductor and performs harpsichord recitals as well. He composes for piano and organ and has premiered his works in Russia and the U.S. He performs in a duo piano team with his wife Anna Gliadkovskaya and his sister, Ekaterina. Currently, Mr. Gliadkovsky combines his busy concert schedule with teaching at the USC Thornton School and Santa Monica College, where he is on the piano faculty. He is also the music director and organist at Westwood Hills Christian Church in Los Angeles.