Pianist Kirill Gerstein performs at Jordan Hall

On Friday, January 31st, the Celebrity Series of Boston will present internationally renowned pianist Kirill Gerstein at NEC's Jordan Hall.

Born in 1979 in Voronezh, in southwestern Russia, Kirill Gerstein studied piano at a special music school for gifted children and taught himself to play jazz by listening to his parents’ extensive record collection. Mr. Gerstein came to the United States at 14 to study jazz piano as the youngest student ever to attend Boston’s Berklee College of Music. After completing his studies in three years and following his second summer at the Boston University program at Tanglewood, Mr. Gerstein turned his focus back to classical music and moved to New York City to attend the Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Gerstein’s early training and experience in jazz has contributed an important element to his interpretive style, inspiring an energetic and expressive musicality.

In this concert, Kirill Gerstein will perform works by Haydn, Timothy Andres, Schumann, and Mussorgsky. Tickets are available at http://www.celebrityseries.org/CS_performers_2013_14/gerstein.htm