Kirill Kashunin has participated in a number of festivals and performed with very famous artists: Natalya Gutman, Anna Kandinskaya and Irina Osipova.

He has developed his career on an international scale by performing an extensive repertoire and giving numerous recitals in Russia, England, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Greece and Italy.

He was born in Moscow, Russia in 1981. From the age of 10 he attended the No. 21 School in Moscow, established in honor of J.S. Bach, where he was taught by Natalia Afanaseva. He then went in to study at the P.I. Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory College in 1997, under the guidance of Professor Irina Osipova. In 2001, he secured a place at the prestigious P.I. Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory, taught by Irina Osipova (Piano class), Irina Kandinskaya(Chamber Class) and Galina Brikina (Voice-chamber).

In 2006 Kirill entered to the postgraduate course of Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky conservatory Irina Osipova (Piano class), Irina Kandinskaya (Chamber Class).

Competitions:

• London International Music Competition 1st prize (2003)
• Moscow International Piano Competition «Classical Heritage» in honor of S. Rachmaninoff 1st prize (2006)
• Taneev International Chamber Competition 3rd prize (2005)
• «Three Century of Classical Romance» 1st prize (2004)
• Fleury Russian Piano Competition 1st prize (1994)
• Russian International Piano Competition: individual prize for outstanding interpretation of Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No.8 (2002).