Originally from Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Roustem Saïtkoulov settled in France in 1994. He has won numerous major international prizes, including the Rome Competition and the Monte-Carlo Piano Masters. He has played in the world's greatest concert halls: Pleyel, the Théâtre du Châtelet and Philharmonie in Paris, Wigmore Hall in London, the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Philharmonie in Saint Petersburg, the Metropolitan Art Space and Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, the Sydney Opera House, the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, as well as at the festivals of Bologna, Rimini, Merano, Montreux, La Roque d'Anthéron, Toulouse, Montpellier and Edinburgh. Roustem Saïtkoulov has performed with some of the world's greatest orchestras: the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich, the RAI Orchestra of Turin, Sinfonia Varsovia, the Municipal Orchestra of São Paulo, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo New City Orchestra. He has toured Europe and Asia several times with the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Yuri Temirkanov. Roustem Saïtkoulov has recorded numerous CDs, both recital and orchestral. Since 2020, he has been recording for the label Ad Vitam Records. His recent recording of Frédéric Chopin's Ballades has earned him a wealth of critical acclaim and numerous awards, including the ‘Choc’ from Classica magazine.