Miroslav Kultyshev was born in 1985 in Leningrad. Since 2004 until now he is a student, graduated St-Petersburg specially music school (class Zora Tsuker), then post-graduate student of St. Petersburg Conservatory (prof. Alexander Sandler).
In 2007 Mirosalv Kultyshev became the winner of XIII International Tchaikovsky Competition.
In 2012 winner competition “Monte Carlo Piano Masters” (Monaco).
Miroslav Kultyshev has begun to perform with concerts very early, at 6-year age. At the age of 10 years he debuted in the Great Hall of Saint Petersburg Philharmonic with Mozart Concert N 20 d-moll for piano and orchestra (St. Petersburg Philharmonic orchestra, conductor Yuri Temirkanov).
In 2001 Miroslav Kultyshev has been awarded the youth grant of the Russian National Independent Prize the Triumph. In 2005 he has won 1st place and the Gold medal on International Youth Delphic games (Ukraine, Kiev).
Miroslav Kultyshev participated in different Russian and International festivals – Kissinger Sommer (Germany), Elba – European Musical Island (Italy), Mecklenburg Festspiele Vorprommern (Germany, 2006), Stars of White Nights (Russia, 2007), September Musical (Switzerland, 2007), Klavier Festival Ruhr, Chopin Festival in Duschniki (Poland), Dubrovnik Festival (Croatia), Mikkeli Festival (Finland), Salzburger Festspiele (2011), “Festival Auvers-sur-Oise” (France).
Miroslav Kultyshev playes in the best concert halls such as Musikverein (Grosser Saal), Mozarteum, Concergebow (Amsterdam), Suntory Hall (Tokio), Wigmore Hall (London), Lincoln Center (Avery Fisher Hall, New York) and others.
He performs together with very famous conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ashkenazy,Yuri Bashmet, Mark Gorenstein, Vassily Sinaisky, Alexander Dmitriev.
AWARDS
1998: G. Neuhaus International Festival
1999: International Music Festival “Virtuosos of 2000”
2001: grant-holder of the National Youth Prize “Triumph”.
2005: First prize and Golden Medal of the International Youth Delphic Games (Ukraine, Kiev)
2007: silver medal, 13th International Tchaikovsky Competition
2010: Distinction in XVI Chopin Piano Competition
2012: Monte Carlo Piano Masters
