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.
He found not only the innate strength and intensity of emotion, but also the tender, fragile vulnerability that makes it a truth.
The Herald
