Roustem Saitkoulov was born in Kazan (Russia). He started playing the piano at the age of four and entered the Kazan Conservatory junior classes when he was six years old. He went on to study with Elisso Virsaladze at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, where he received his Soloist’s Diploma. He furthered his studies at the Munich Music High School, where he received his Masters degree.

He is the prizewinner at numerous international competitions: Grand Prix of the Montecarlo World Piano-Masters, presented to him by the late Prince Rainier III of Monaco; F. Busoni Competition, Bolzano, Italy; UNISA (University of South Africa) Competition, Pretoria; Concours Géza Andà, Zurich, Switzerland; Marguerite Long Competition, Paris; First Prize in the Rome Piano competition.
Roustem Saitkoulov performs frequently with world’s renown orchestras, such as Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, RAI Symphony Orchestra Torino, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, St-Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Beijing Symphony Orchestra.
His recitals take him all over the world: to Russia (Moscow International House of Music), China, Japan, Chile, Argentina (Teatro Colón, Buenos-Aires), Mexico (Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico city), the United States, Canada, South Africa, and through Europe: Spain, Ireland, the United Kingdom (Wigmore Hall, London), France (Théâtre du Châtelet and Salle Pleyel, Paris), Switzerland (Tonhalle, Zurich), Italy (Santa Cecilia, Rome), Germany (Konzerthaus, Berlin), Serbia, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
He has taken part in many music festivals throughout Europe including Montreux Festival, Bologna Festival, Festival Brescia-Bergamo, Merano Festival, Piano aux Jacobins (Toulouse, France), Festival de Radio France-Montpellier, Printemps des Arts de Montecarlo and Menton Festival.
He has given many concerts for subsequent radio broadcasts: France Musique, Radio Classique, DRS 2 (Switzerland), NDR Kultur (Germany). He frequently appears on television programs devoted to classical music: France 2, France 5 and Mezzo in France, and the international European channel 3Sat.
He does many CD recordings, which include albums released by EMI Classics and Dinemec Classics.