Grigory Gruzman

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Grigory Gruzman (* 1956 in Leningrad ) is a Russian-German pianist .

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Gruzman received his first piano lessons at the age of five. He then attended the special gifted school of the Leningrad Academy of Music until his Abitur (1974) . His major piano teachers there were Esfir 'Steinbock and then Marina Wolf.

After leaving the Soviet Union , he continued his education at the Music Academy in Jerusalem . First he studied under the direction of Prof. Yali Wagman - a former graduate of the New York Juilliard School of Music as a student of Rosina Lhévinne . Gruzman later switched to the piano class of Prof. Gregory Haimowsky - a former graduate of the Moscow State PI Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of Prof. Jakov Zack. He completed the compulsory subject “piano for four hands” with Alexander Tamir. In 1977 Gruzman continued his studies with Prof. Witalij Iossifowytsch Margulis at the Musikhochschule Freiburg in Germany and later graduated with the concert exam with distinction. During his studies, Gruzman attended several master classes (including Leon Fleisher , Claude Frank and Alfred Brendel ).

Concerts and awards

While he was still attending school, Gruzman performed about 300 times in public in his hometown and other cities in Russia. As early as 1964 his game u. a. recorded by the Leningrad Radio with piano works by Valery Alexandrovich Gavrilin .

After leaving the Soviet Union, Gruzman developed an increasing international concert career as a soloist and chamber musician while still a student .

In 1982 and 1984 Gruzman won the international piano competitions in Monza and Vercelli . In 1986, together with the cellist Misha Katz and the violinist Amiram Ganz, he founded the Shostakovich Trio, which performed intensive concerts around the world until 1996 (at times up to 80 performances a year). For the last four years, Mikhail Bezverkhni was the trio's vionlinist. International critics have repeatedly described the Shostakovich Trio as one of the best ensembles of our time.

Gruzman has appeared on the most important stages on the five continents, including a. Wigmore Hall London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Alte Oper Frankfurt , Musikhalle Hamburg , Salle Gaveau Paris, Tchaikovsky Conservatory Moscow .

In 2006 Gruzman founded the “Trialogue Musical” ensemble with the violinist Irina Grünwald and the pianist Ekaterina Kitáeva, with eight different performance variants and a partly unusual repertoire; Alina Bercu has been the successor of Ekaterina Kitáeva in the ensemble since 2012 .

Gruzman designed most of his appearances as talk concerts, where he managed to span an arc between information and entertainment. If required, he can offer this in six languages: German, Russian, English, Spanish, French and Hebrew.

As a soloist (also with orchestra), chamber musician and leader of international master classes, he has performed more than 1,000 times in almost all European countries, in the Far East, in Australia, in Latin America and in the USA since 1974.

reception

In 1982 Otto Gerdes (recording manager at Deutsche Grammophon ) sent Herbert von Karajan a live recording of Gruzman's Rigoletto paraphrase by Franz Liszt . “I've waited all my life for such an interpretation of the Rigoletto paraphrase,” said the maestro and accepted an invitation to visit him in Salzburg.

Gruzman's numerous trio adaptations, which the Shostakovich Trio added to its regular repertoire, not least the adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's “ Pictures at an Exhibition ” for piano trio, were enthusiastically received by audiences and press conferences around the world.

TV and radio companies, e.g. B. SWR , HR , WDR , BR , ZDF as well as various TV channels and radio stations in Latin America, Korea, Australia, France, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, England, Russia, Lithuania etc. have broadcast numerous recordings and performances.

Teaching and jury work

After Gruzman worked as a lecturer at the Freiburg University of Music from 1979 to 1980, he took over the largest major piano class at the Academy of Music in Darmstadt as one of the youngest lecturers in Germany in 1980, while still studying . In 1998 he was appointed professor for piano at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater . In 2006 he was appointed professor at the Liszt School of Music in Weimar. As part of this professorship, he also teaches particularly talented students at the highly gifted music school at the Belvedere Palace in Weimar.

The master classes he leads in Germany, Austria, Lithuania, France, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland, Croatia, Portugal, Mexico, Colombia, Russia, China and Thailand are very popular.

As a teacher, Gruzman can look back on the success of many of his students, who have become award winners and finalists in various national and international competitions (including Germany, Poland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, England, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, USA; approx. 50 prices).

His most successful students include award winners and winners of numerous competitions: Dirk Mommertz ( Fauré Quartet ), Sarah Tysman, Hélène Tysman , Alina Bercu, Mariam Batsashvili, Nadeschda Singer, Anna Tyshayeva, Julia Pleninger, Aljoša Jurinić , Can Çaković, Tomislavjanšović, Lovre Marujanš , Franziska Glemser, Florian Glemser, Rolando Valdés, Dina Ivanova, Vera Andrianova, Deren Wang, Vladislav Federov, Johanna Goranko, Tatjana Kachko.

From 2006 to 2014, Gruzman was artistic director and jury chairman of three international Rachmaninov piano competitions for children and young people in various age categories. Since 2006 he has been director and jury chairman of the international Liszt competition for young pianists in Weimar.

He is also often invited as a juror in various competitions abroad (Lithuania, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Croatia, Spain, China, Russia and Mexico).

From 2006 to 2014 Gruzman was elected President of the Rachmaninov Society based in Darmstadt. From 2013 to 2018 he was director of the “Keyboard Instruments” institute at the Weimar University of Music. He has been a GEMA member since 1993 .

Recordings

  • "LP" J. Brahms. Two sonatas for clarinet and piano (clarinet: Julian Milkis). LP, 1986
  • A. Arensky (Trio in D minor) and D.Schostakowitsch (Trio No. 2), 1989, not published
  • S.Rachmaninov (Trio No. 1 and Trio No. 2), 1994, Sony Classical, not published.
  • "CD" M.Mussorgsky. “Pictures at an exhibition” arrangement for piano trio, trio arrangement: Grigory Gruzman. CD, 1996.
  • "CD" F.Chopin. 24 etudes (Op. 10 and Op. 25). CD, 1998, organo phon 90 112
  • "CD" JSBach (5th French suite), F. Gulda ("Play Piano Play"), G. Gershwin (Three Preludes), CD 2003, organo phon 90 126

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Trialogue Musical. In: Trialogue Musical website. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Website Anna Tyshayeva. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gruzman, Grigory
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad