Lilya Zilberstein is a Soviet and German pianist and music educator. She was born in Moscow on April 19, 1965.
From 1972 to 1984, she studied at the Gnessin School with Ada Traub, graduating with a gold medal. In 1988, she graduated from the Gnessin State Musical Pedagogical Institute, where she studied with A. Sats. She has lived in Germany since 1990 and teaches at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre.
Zilberstein has given solo concerts across Europe, in Israel, Russia, and the United States. She has performed with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and under conductors Claudio Abbado and Alexander Dmitriev. She regularly gives duet concerts with Martha Argerich and Maxim Vengerov. Recordings of her performances have been released by Deutsche Grammophon and K&K Verlagsanstalt.
In 1987, she won the Grand Prix at the Busoni Piano Competition in Bolzano. Her husband is Alexander Herzenberg; they have two children, Daniil, born in 1991, and Anton, born in 1996.