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Pianist has performed throughout Europe, in Asia and the U.S., at many important concert venues such as Wigmore Hall and Barbican Hall in London, the Grand Hall of St. Petersburg Philharmony, Grande Salle Pierre Boulez of Paris Philharmonic, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest, Stockholm Berwaldhallen and Tbilisi Kakhidze Center.
He has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sarasota Symphony Orchestra, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, the Pasdeloup Orchestra, Nordic Symphony Orchestra, Corinthian Chamber Orchestra, Braunschweig Staatskapelle, Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Norrbotten Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia of Birmingham, Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie, among the others. He has worked with conductors Neeme Järvi, Arvo Volmer, Eri Klas, Paul Mägi, Anu Tali, Olari Elts, Mikhail Agrest, Srba Dinić, Mihhail Gerts, Elena Schwarz, Mikk Murdvee, Michael Seal, Richard Laing, Matt Andrews, Jüri Alperten, and others.
In 2024, Mihkel Poll had a concert tour in Northern Japan, including a recital at the Atorion Concert Hall in Akita. Next season he will return to Grande Salle Pierre Boulez of Paris Philharmonic where he will perform Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 under maestro Christian Vásquez.
In 2009, Mihkel Poll’s debut album "20th Century Piano" was released by Ondine. In 2015, his second solo album was released under the DUX label and included works by Enescu, Bartok, Tüür and Kõrvits, receiving the Best Estonian Classical Album 2016 Award. In 2021, his recordings of piano concertos by Sergei Rachmaninov and Eduard Tubin with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under Mihhail Gerts was released by DUX.
He is also an active chamber musician and performs regularly in a duo with his sister, violinist Mari Poll. In 2017, they released an album under the DUX label, which received high critical acclaim from the BBC Music Magazine and the Grammphone, as well as the nomination for the Best Estonian Classical Album 2017. Together with cellist Henry-David Varema they performed as the piano trio Poll-Varema-Poll, which is gaining international recognition with upcoming debut concerts at the Berlin Konzerthaus and Hamburg Elbphilharmonie. In 2021, their debut album "Estonian Piano Trios" was released by DUX.
Mihkel Poll is a member of the Piano Faculty and head of the Department of Classical Music Performance at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. He has also given masterclasses in Europe and Asia.
He has won numerous prizes at international competitions, including 1st prize and the orchestra’s special award at the Rina Sala Gallo International Piano Competition in Italy (2004), 1st prize and a special prize at the Tallinn International Piano Competition in Estonia (2006), and 1st prize at the Ferrol International Piano Competition in Spain (2006), to name a few.
Mihkel Poll studied at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with prof. Ivari Ilja, and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with prof. Ronan O´Hora. He has also attended masterclasses conducted by Eliso Virsaladze at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole in Italy.
He is a recipient of the Estonian Cultural Endowment Award (2004, 2018, 2020 and 2023), and the Presidential Young Cultural Figure Award (2013).
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