BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:54@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20190219T193000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20190219T210000 DTSTAMP:20230731T001256Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/vyacheslav-gryaznov/ SUMMARY:Vyacheslav Gryaznov DESCRIPTION:\n\nBIOGRAPHY\n\n\nVyacheslav Gryaznov was born in Yuzhno-Sakha linsk\, a small city in the easternmost reaches of Russia. His musical tal ent became evident in his early childhood and developed so quickly that hi s parents\, who were not themselves musicians\, took the heroic step of gi ving up everything and moving to far-away Moscow\, despite having nothing and no one there\, all for the sake of their son’s professional musical education.\nVyacheslav graduated with honors from the Central Music School of the Moscow State Conservatory where he studied with Professor Manana K andelaki. He proceeded with undergraduate studies at the Moscow Conservato ry (class of Professor Yuri Slesarev)\, once again completing his degree w ith honors. He continued at the Moscow Conservatory as a post-graduate stu dent\, and is on the teaching faculty of the Moscow Conservatory’s Piano Department.\n\n​Beginning in 2012\, and returning to Japan every year s ince\, Vyacheslav was invited to teach as a visiting professor of piano at Kurashiki Sakuyo University of Science and Arts. In 2016 he accepted Yale University’s invitation to fulfill the Artist Diploma program under the Yale School of Music’s Professor Boris Berman.\n\nVyacheslav Gryaznov i s a member of the Moscow Philharmonic Society\, which represents him in Ru ssia\, and is an Artist-in-Residence with The Drozdoff Society in the Unit ed States.\n\n​Gryaznov’s 2016-2017 performances include the Berliner Philharmonie and Carnegie Hall as winner of the 2016 New York Concert Arti sts Worldwide Debut Audition\; the Bay Area Steinway Society of San Jose\, California\; four performances with the Atlantic Classical Orchestra in a multi-city Florida tour\; multiple engagements for The Drozdoff Society ’s Impromptu! Classical Music Recital series\, beginning in January at H unter College\, New York\; as well as engagements in Russia\, Lithuania\, Netherlands\, Austria\, and France. He will also record a CD on the Steinw ay &\; Sons label.\n\nVyacheslav Gryaznov is the author of more than 30 concert arrangements and transcriptions. His works have been performed by Boris Berezovsky\, Alexander Ghindin\, Nikita Mndoyants\, Tomoharu Ushida \, the Messiaen-Quartet\, the Moscow State Chamber Choir\, the Moscow Phil harmonic Orchestra\, the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra\, and by many oth er musicians and collectives. They are heard in concert halls all over the world\, and are chosen for prestigious international music contests like the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.\n\nPre-eminent among Gryaznov’s m ajor arrangements is his Rhapsody In Black on themes from George Gershwin ’s opera Porgy and Bess. A large-scale stand-alone composition\, it exis ts in two versions: as a piano concerto with orchestra and as a duet for t wo pianos. The famous Russian pianist Nikolai Petrov commented: I believe that it is no exaggeration to say that this is an absolutely magnificent p iece of work. It quite simply does not get any better than this – a comp osition brimming with virtuosity and explosive creativity.\n\nThanks to hi s brilliant concert transcriptions\, Vyacheslav Gryaznov has gained a repu tation as one of the most remarkable young arrangers working today. First published by Deka-BC publishing house in the Masterpieces of Piano Transcr iption series\, in 2014 Gryaznov signed a publishing contract with Schott Music (Germany). Presently\, Vyacheslav Gryaznov is one of the few promine nt Russian composers who are published by Schott (other names of world-ren own include Nikolai Kapustin and Rodion Shchedrin). Some of his piano tran scriptions are in the “Top Ten” list of Schott’s international sheet music download platform Notafina – one of the world’s largest.\n\n\n\ n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRachmaninoff: 10 Preludes Op. 23\nBorodin: Not turno from String Quartet No. 2\nTchaikovsky: "Waltz of the Flowers" from Nutcracker\nRachmaninoff: The night is sorrow\nRachmaninoff: How Peaceful\ nRachmaninoff: Vocalize.\nRachmaninoff: Italian polka\nGlinka: Valse-fanta sie\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/01/DSC_3139_kateliu-26.webp?fit=680%2C386&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Easter X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Easter BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180811T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:-05 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR