CONCERTS OF PIANO VIRTUOSO A.GRYNYUK IN LITHUANIA

CONCERTS OF PIANO VIRTUOSO A.GRYNYUK IN LITHUANIA 2010 02 06

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The pianist recognised in the world Alexei Grynyuk (Ukraine, United Kingdom) will give concerts at Vilnius Congress Concert Hall on the 6th of February at 7 p.m., at Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall on the 7th of February at 6 p.m. and at Klaipėda Concert Hall on the 9th of February at 6 p.m.

Programme of the concerts:

Fryderyk Chopin:

Polonaise op. 26, No.1, cis minor,

Nocturne op.15, No.1, F major,

Variation in E major, on theme "Der Schweizerbub: Steh'auf, steh'auf o du Schweitzer Bub”,

3 Mazurkas op. 59,

Nocturne op. 27, No.1, cis minor,

Polonaise "Heroique" op. 53, No. 6, As major.

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Sonata Appassionata op. 57, No. 23 f minor

1. Allegro assai

2. Andante con moto - attacca

3. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

Franz Liszt: “Liebestraum“, op.62, No.3 in As major and the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.

Born in 1977, Alexei started performing at the age of six. He studied at the Kiev Conservatoire under Valery Kozlov before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied with Hamish Milne. After being awarded the first prize at the Sergei Diaghilev All-Soviet-Union competition at the age of thirteen Alexei has achieved numerous successes at international piano competitions, most notably first prizes at the Vladimir Horowitz Competition in Kiev and the Shanghai Competition in China.

He has already appeared at many of the world’s most renowned concert halls, including Wigmore Hall & South Bank Centre in London, Salle Cortot & Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatoire, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and other prominent venues of Europe, United States, Mexico, Japan, South Korea and Morocco.

Grynyuk has been invited to perform at such prestigious festivals as Cervantino (Mexico), Duszniki Chopin Festival (Poland), Kremlin Music (Moscow), Musica Sacra (Maastricht), Newport Music Festival (Rhode Island) and Mannes College International Keyboard Festival (New York). His performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Hessicher Rundfunk (Frankfurt), Bayerischer Rundfunk, Radio France, Ukrainian, Russian and Chinese television.