Maxim Brilinsky
was born 1985 in Lviv (Ukraine). At the age of five, he received his first violin lessons at the music school there and beginning in 2000 continued his education with Michael Frischenschlager at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. As of 2005, he studied violin at the Conservatoire Nationale Superior de Musique et de Dance in Paris with Jean-Jacques Kantorow. After having served as concertmaster for the chamber ensemble "Orchestre d'Auvergne" in the 2006/07 season, he joined the 2nd violin section of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra on Sept. 1, 2008. Following another successful audition in 2011, he moved to the first violin section. In the same year he joined the Association of the Vienna Philharmonic.

Maxim Brilinsky was a stipendiary of the Herbert von Karajan Center in Vienna and the Thyll-Dürr Foundation in Zurich. He is the prize winner of many well-known international violin competitions: he won the 4th Prize at the "Yehudi Menuhin Competion" in Boulogne-sur-Mer (2002); the 2nd Prize and a special prize at the "Paganini Competition" in Genoa (2002); the 2nd Prize and a special prize at the "Benjamin Britten Competition" in London (2004).

Maxim Brilinsky has been leader of the 1st violin section since 2014. He also became a member of the Vienna Hofmusikkapelle (Vienna Imperial Chapel) in 2018, where he currently holds the position of concertmaster.

In 2020 his recording of Niccolo Paganini's "24 Caprices" and "Nel cor più non mi sento" has been released by Sony Classical. This was followed in 2021 by the recording of Eugène Ysaÿe's "6 Sonatas for solo violin op.27" which has been released by Hänssler Classic.