Eduard Kiprsky graduated from the St Petersburg Conservatory and completed a postgraduate study there in piano (class of Alexander Sandler) and composition (class of Grigory Korchmar) also completing a Master’s degree and attaining the highest grade of Artistic Excellence at the Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen (Germany, class of Boris Bloch).
Prize-winner at the the Köhler-Osbar International Competition (Duisburg, 2009, 1st prize) and the Steinway Förderpreis Competition (Düsseldorf, 2012, 1st prize), recipient of the György Cziffra Prize (Vienna, 2007). Winner of the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition – Mario Zanfi Prize (Parma, 2015). Prize-winner at the competition and festival Three Centuries of Classical Romance (St Petersburg, 2008, 2nd prize in the vocal-piano duets category; 1st prize in composition category “For the best romance to verses by Silver Age poets”). Winner of the composition competition Der Rhein im Dreiklang (Germany, 2014), and in 2014 at the Elena Obraztsova International Opera Singers’ Competition he also received an award “For the best performance of the opera repertoire and for accompanist mastery”. Prize-winner at the Cyprus International Competition in the composition category (2020, 1st prize and Special Award for best vocal works). Prize-winner at the V All-Russian Open festival competition “Composer and pianist” (St Petersburg, 2021; 1st prize) and at the V International Alemdar Karamanov Musical Competition (Kaliningrad, 2022; Grand Prix). He was also awarded 2nd prize and silver medal in the composition category at the Rachmaninoff International Competition for pianists, composers and conductors (Moscow, 2022). He won First Prize at the “Svetlaya Doroga” International Composers’ Competition (St. Petersburg, 2023) for his Express-Concerto for two violins and symphony orchestra, and Second Prize at the MAP 2023 International Competition for his string quartet Friedensgebet. In 2024, he won First Prize in the “Academic Music” category at the 1st Eduard Artemyev International Competition for Musical and Multimedia Art Sibiriada (Novosibirsk) for his work Recuerdos for trumpet and symphony orchestra. He is also a First Prize winner in the “Composition” category at the World’s Best Musicians International Competition (Warsaw, 2024).
He is a member of the Union of Composers of Russia, the Austrian Society for Contemporary Music (ÖGZM, Vienna), and the Russian Harp Society. Kiprsky is also a soloist with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra. Has presented recitals at Vienna’s Musikverein, Zurich’s Tonhalle, the Funkhaus and Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna), the Mercatorhalle (Duisburg), the Zollverein Halle and the Colosseum Theater (Essen), the Philharmonie Essen, the Theater Duisburg, the Vereeniging Hall (Nijmegen), the Musis Sacrum concert hall (Arnhem) and the Teatro Verdi in Bussetto, as well as at the Great and Small halls of St Petersburg Philharmonia, St. Petersburg State Cappella and Mariinsky Concert Hall.
Has collaborated with Martin Haselböck, Thierry Escaich, Mario Brunello, Martin Sieghart, Simon Estes, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Ildar Abdrazakov, Elena Pankratova and Yulia Makhalina. The pianist’s concerts have been broadcast by the TV stations Ö1 in Austria and TV Parma in Italy. Has appeared live on-air on WDR radio in Cologne.
In 2017 he released an album featuring works by Schubert, Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky, and in 2021 the author’s album Eduard Kiprsky. In Ensemble with the Composer. In 2024 he released an album “Diamonds of Russian Classical Music” featuring works by Balakirev, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. In 2025 by label Gramola the author’s album Friedensgebet.
Member of the ÖGZM union of composers of contemporary music in Vienna and of the Russian Harp Society. Soloist with the Mariinsky Orchestra.