Ilya Gringolts
Ilya Alexandrovich Gringolts (Russian: Илья Александрович Грингольц; born 2 July 1982) is a Russian violinist and educator.
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.[1] From 2001 to 2003, Gringolts was a member of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists programme.[2]
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.[3]
Gringolts is currently on the music faculty of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste.[4]
Gringolts has made commercial recordings for such labels as Onyx[5] and Deutsche Grammophon.[6][7]
Gringolts plays the violin “ex Kiesewetter” by Antonio Stradivari, a loan from the Stradivari Society, Chicago.[8] Previously, Gringolts played the "ex-Prové" Stradivarius violin, loaned to him by a private donor.
Personal life
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he has been living in exile in Zurich.[9] Much of his family continues to live in Saint Petersburg, but his parents have fled Russia.[9]
Gringolts is married to the Armenian violinist Anahit Kurtikyan, who also plays in the Gringolts Quartet.[3] The couple has three daughters.[1] His sister, Olga, is married to the violinist, Maxim Vengerov.[3]
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.
References
- 1 2 Kyemtrup, Inge (February 2011). "Ilya Gringolts: The Man, the Myth, the Musician on the Move". Strings. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ↑ "Violinist Ilya Gringolts". ABC listen. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Dopplungen aus dem Nirgendwo - Plattform J" [Duplicates out of nowhere - Platform J]. www.plattformj.ch (in German). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
- ↑ "Ilya Gringolts". karsten witt musik management (in German). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
- ↑ Clements, Andrew (1 July 2010). "Schumann: Violin Sonatas Nos 1–3". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ Clements, Andrew (15 August 2003). "Bach: Partita Nos 1 in B minor and 3 in E; Sonata No 2 in A: Ilya Gringolts". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ Clements, Andrew (29 July 2005). "Taneyev: Piano Quintet Op 30; Piano Trio Op 22, Repin/ Gringolts/ Imai/ Harrell/ Pletnev". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ Jean-Michel Molkhou: "Ilya Gringolts" in Les grands violonistes du XXe siècle. Volume 2. 1948–1985 Buchet Chastel, Paris, 2014. p. 352
- 1 2 Burke, Kelly (6 February 2023). "Ilya Gringolts: 'I know people who support the war. They keep them mouths shut". theguardian.com ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 January 2025.