Ilya Gringolts
Ilya Alexandrovich Gringolts (born 2 July 1982) is a Russian violinist and educator.
Ilya Gringolts
- Born
- 1982 · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Russia
- Occupation
- musician
- Education
- Juilliard School
- Languages
- Russian
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Ilya Gringolts figure dans les notices d'autorité comme violoniste et musicien ; sa naissance est enregistrée le 2 juillet 1982 à Leningrad.
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Early life and studies
Early life and studies
Born in Leningrad, Gringolts studied violin in St. Petersburg with Tatiana Liberova and Jeanna Metallidi. He then attended the Juilliard School, and studied violin with Itzhak Perlman for 3 years. From 2001 to 2003, Gringolts was a member of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists programme.
Career
Career
In addition to the modern violin performance genre, he has a continued commitment to period-instrument performance. He founded the Gringolts Quartet in 2008 and plays first violin in the quartet. Gringolts is currently on the music faculty of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. Gringolts has made commercial recordings for such labels as Onyx and Deutsche Grammophon. Gringolts plays the violin “ex Kiesewetter” by Antonio Stradivari, a loan from the Stradivari Society, Chicago. Previously, Gringolts played the "ex-Prové" Stradivarius violin, loaned to him by a private donor.
Personal life
Personal life
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he has been living in exile in Zurich. Much of his family continues to live in Saint Petersburg, but his parents have fled Russia. Gringolts is married to the Armenian violinist Anahit Kurtikyan, who also plays in the Gringolts Quartet. The couple has three daughters. His sister, Olga, is married to the violinist, Maxim Vengerov.
Awards and prizes
• 1992: All-Russian Junior Competition, Second Prize • 1994: International Youth Competition in St. Petersburg, First Prize • 1995: Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, Junior Division, Sixth Prize • 1997: Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, Junior Division, Laureate • 1998: Paganini Competition in Genoa, Italy: First Prize • 2001-2003: BBC New Generation Artist • 2006: Gramophone Award for Chamber Music, recording of chamber music of the Sergei Taneyev Piano Quintet with Vadim Repin, Nobuko Imai, Lynn Harrell, and Mikhail Pletnev.
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- 1.Ilya Gringolts: The Man, the Myth, the Musician on the Move.
- 2.Ilya Gringolts.
- 3.Ilya Gringolts: Un nuevo valor del violín.
- 4.Schumann: Violin Sonatas Nos 1–3. 0261-3077.
- 5.«Ilya Gringolts (Violin)» Bach-cantatas.com Consultado el 22-06-2022.
- 6.Taneyev: Piano Quintet Op. 30; Piano Trio Op. 22, Repin / Gringolts / Imai / Harrell / Pletnev. 0261-3077.
- 7.«Premios Gramophone: 2006». Prestoclassical. Consultado el 22-06-2022.
- 8.Bach: Partita Nos 1 in B minor and 3 in E; Sonata No 2 in A: Ilya Gringolts. 0261-3077.
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