Ilya Gringolts (russian: Илья́ Алекса́ндрович Гринго́льц ''Il′já Aleksándrovič Gringól′c'') born 2 July 1982 in
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
(now
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
) is a Russian violinist and composer.
Gringolts studied violin in St. Petersburg with Tatiana Liberova and
Jeanna Metallidi. He then attended the
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most el ...
, and studied violin with
Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman ( he, יצחק פרלמן; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist widely considered one of the greatest violinists in the world. Perlman has performed worldwide and throughout the United States, in venues that hav ...
for 3 years.
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
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. 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
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violin, loaned to him by the
Stradivari Society
The Stradivari Society is a philanthropic organization based in Chicago, Illinois, best known for its arranging deals between owners of antique string instruments such as those made by luthiers Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri, for use by t ...
of Chicago.
Gringolts has made commercial recordings for such labels as Onyx and Deutsche Grammophon.
Gringolts is married to the Armenian violinist Anahit Kurtikyan. The couple has two daughters.
His sister Olga is married to Israeli violinist
Maxim Vengerov
Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov (russian: Максим Александрович Венгеров, , mɐkˈsʲim ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ vʲɪnˈɡʲerəf; he, מקסים ונגרוב; born 20 August 1974) is a Russian-born Israeli violinist, v ...
.
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
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, Junior Division, Sixth Prize
* 1997:
Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition
The International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (Polish: ''Międzynarodowy Konkurs Skrzypcowy im. Henryka Wieniawskiego'') is a competition for violinists up to age 30 that takes place every five years in Poznań, Poland, in honor of the vi ...
, Junior Division, Laureate
* 1998:
Paganini Competition
The Paganini Competition (aka Premio Paganini or Paganini Concore) is an international violin competition named after the famed virtuoso and founder of contemporary violin technique Niccolò Paganini. Created in 1954 it has been carried out ever s ...
in
Genoa
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, Italy: First Prize
* 2001-2003: BBC New Generation Artist
* 2006:
Gramophone Award
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for Chamber Music, recording of chamber music of the
Sergei Taneyev
Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Тане́ев, ; – ) was a Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author.
Life
Taneyev was born in Vladimir, Vladimir Governorate, Russia ...
Piano Quintet with
Vadim Repin
Vadim Viktorovich Repin (russian: Вадим Викторович Репин, ; born 31 August 1971) is a Russian and Belgian violinist who lives in Vienna. ,
Nobuko Imai
, is a Japanese classical violist with an extensive career as soloist and chamber musician. Since 1988 she has played a 1690 Andrea Guarneri instrument.
Biography
Imai began her musical training at the age of six. She began studying at Tokyo' ...
,
Lynn Harrell
Lynn Harrell (January 30, 1944 – April 27, 2020) was an American classical cellist. Known for the "penetrating richness" of his sound, Harrell performed internationally as a recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with major orchestras o ...
, and
Mikhail Pletnev
Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Плетнёв, ''Mikha'il Vas'ilevič Plet'nëv''; born 14 April 1957) is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer.
Life and career
Pletnev was born into a musical fa ...
.
References
External links
Official Ilya Gringolts web pageAll-Music discography page for Ilya GringoltsMedici TV page on Ilya GringoltsPrestoclassical page on Gramophone Awards 2006, Record of the Year
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1982 births
Paganini Competition prize-winners
Living people
Russian classical violinists
Male classical violinists
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists
21st-century classical violinists
21st-century Russian male musicians