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Alexei Grynyuk

Ukrainian pianist Alexei Grynyuk studied at the Kiev Conservatoire before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with Hamish Milne . Notable competition successes include the first prize at the Dyagilev Competition in Moscow, the Vladimir Horowitz Competition in Kiev and the Shanghai Piano Competition in China.

Alexei Grynyuk's increasingly international career has included recital appearances at Wigmore Hall & South Bank Centre in London, Salle Cortot & Salle Gaveau in Paris and the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatoire, as well as in Japan, South Korea and Morocco. Following the success of his New York début at the Metropolitan Museum in spring 2005 under the generous patronage of Alexis Gregory, he was re-invited to their distinguished piano series. His performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Hessicher Rundfunk Frankfurt, KRO4 Hilversum, Ukrainian National Radio and Chinese, Russian & Ukranian television, Radio France.

Acclaimed by Musical Opinion for his "breathtaking technical accomplishment and musicianship of the highest order" Alexei Grynyuk has been invited to appear in such prestigious festivals as Cervantino, Mexico; Dushniki Chopin Festival, Poland; Kremlin Music, Moscow; Musica Sacra Maastricht; Montpellier, France; Newport Music Festival, Rhode Island; and Mannes College International Keyboard Festival, New York.

"overwhelming with divine purity...majestic... he has captured the audience with a deep musicality...crystal clear and beautiful tone... dignified, beautifully structured performance." Chopin Magazine, Tokyo

"sublime playing. Breathtaking performance - it seemed a young Horowitz was reborn." Pianowerld Magazine, Amsterdam

Programme
The young Ukranian master-musician plays Chopin, Liszt and Beethoven's most tempestuous piano sonata.

Chopin - Polonaise in C sharp minor op 26 No 1
Chopin - Nocturne in F op 15 No 1
Chopin - Variations on a German Air in E 'Der Schweizerbub: Steh'auf, steh'auf o du Schweitzer Bub'
Chopin - Three Mazurkas op 59
Chopin - Nocturne in C sharp minor op 27 No 1
Chopin - Polonaise in A flat op 53 'Heroic'
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor 'Appassionata'
Liszt - Petrarch Sonnet No 104
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No 2

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