Kyril Zlotnikov, cello

Born in Minsk, Belarus, to a family of professional musicians, Kyril Zlotnikov began his studies at the Belarusian State Music Academy and continued his studies in Israel, completing his musical education at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance. He is a founding member of the internationally recognized Jerusalem Quartet. Along with his extensive chamber music appearances Zlotnikov has performed and been broadcast as a soloist with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Ludwigsburg Symphony Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and Jerusalem Camerata and enjoys artistic collaboration with acclaimed conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Lawrence Foster, Asher Fish, Simone Young. Zlotnikov is a regular guest at major chamber music and has shared the stage with artists including Daniel Barenboim, András Schiff, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Pierre Boulez, Elena Bashkirova, Mitsuko Uchida, Natalia Gutman, and Lang Lang, among many others. From 2001 to 2012 Zlotnikov was a principal cellist and a teacher of the cello group of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under Maestro Daniel Barenboim. He also frequently took part in special projects and tours of the Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra as a principal cellist. Among many recordings with the Jerusalem Quartet, Zlotnikov has recorded the complete Mozart piano trios with Maestro Daniel Barenboim and violinist Nikolaj Znaider. Kyril Zlotnikov plays an Amati Brothers cello made in Cremona circa 1610, on loan from a Charitable Trust.