Kirill Yakovlev is a Russian-born guitar player, composer and music teacher based in Prague, Czech Republic, specialising in jazz-fusion, folk and ambient music.
Kirill was born in Novosibirsk, Russia in 1988. In 2005, after moving with family to the Czech Republic, he started taking guitar classes with Josef Štepánek, a well-known Czech guitarist cooperating with top Czech pop, jazz and folk musicians.
In 2009 Kirill was accepted to the Conservatory of Jaroslav Ježek in Prague where he successfully graduated in 2012. Leading guitarists of the Czech and European jazz scene were among his teachers - Libor Šmoldas, Petr Zelenka and David Dorůžka.
During his studies he became a part of the Prague Conservatory Jazz Orchestra led by the pianist and composer Milan Svoboda. Kirill performed with the big band at festivals in Trostberg (Germany, 2011), Marezijazz (Slovenia, 2012), and Bohemia Jazz Festival Prague (Czech Republic, 2013)