In 1990 his family moved to Germany where he continued his studies at the Musikhochschule Lübeck and the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln until 2005 with professor Zakhar Bron, whom he also followed for a year at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid.

He accomplished his studies by Christoph Poppen at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München with a Master of Arts (Konzertexamen/Meisterklasse).

He has worked with internationally renowned conductors, such as Sir Neville Marriner, Daniele Gatti, Lawrence Foster, Jiří Bělohlávek, David Stern, Christoph Poppen, Vladimir Spivakov, Mikko Franck, Krzysztof Urbanski and Louis Langrée, among others.

In 2010 he replaced Gidon Kremer at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris with the Orchestre National de France conducted by Daniele Gatti.

In addition to his work as a soloist and teacher, Kirill Troussov is also a passionate chamber musician and collaborates with artists like Yuri Bashmet, Gautier Capuçon, Julia Fischer, Sol Gabetta, Natalia Gutman, Frans Helmerson, Daniel Hope, Mischa Maisky, Julien Quentin, Julian Rachlin, Heinrich Schiff, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Yuja Wang and Christian Zacharias.