Ilya Gringolts

Ilya Gringolts (born 2 July 1982 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg)) is a Russian violinist and composer.

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.[1] From 2001 to 2003, Gringolts was a member of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists programme.

Gringolts is currently on the music faculty of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. In addition to the modern violin, he has a continued commitment to period-instrument performance. He founded the Gringolts Quartet in 2008 and plays first violin in the quartet. Gringolts plays the "ex-Kiesewetter" Stradivarius violin, loaned to him by the Stradivari Society of Chicago.

Gringolts has made commercial recordings for such labels as Onyx[2] and Deutsche Grammophon.[3][4]

Gringolts is married to the Armenian violinist Anahit Kurtikyan. The couple have two daughters.[1] His sister Olga is married to violinist Maxim Vengerov.

Awards and prizes

References

  1. 1 2 Inge Kyemtrup (February 2011). "Ilya Gringolts: The Man, the Myth, the Musician on the Move". Strings. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
  2. ↑ Andrew Clements (2010-07-01). "Schumann: Violin Sonatas Nos 1–3". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
  3. ↑ Andrew Clements (2003-08-15). "Bach: Partita Nos 1 in B minor and 3 in E; Sonata No 2 in A: Ilya Gringolts". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
  4. ↑ Andrew Clements (2005-07-29). "Taneyev: Piano Quintet Op 30; Piano Trio Op 22, Repin/ Gringolts/ Imai/ Harrell/ Pletnev". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
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