Ilya Gringolts () born 2 July 1982 in

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) is a violinist and educator. Gringolts studied violin in St. Petersburg with Tatiana Liberova and Jeanna Metallidi. He then attended the

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, and studied violin with

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for 3 years. From 2001 to 2003, Gringolts was a member of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists programme. Gringolts is currently on the music faculty of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. In addition to the modern violin, he has a continued commitment to period-instrument performance. He founded the Gringolts Quartet in 2008 and plays first violin in the quartet. Gringolts plays the "ex-Prové"

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violin, loaned to him by a private donor. Gringolts has made commercial recordings for such labels as Onyx and Deutsche Grammophon. Gringolts is married to the Armenian violinist Anahit Kurtikyan. The couple has three daughters.

Awards and prizes

* 1992: All-Russian Junior Competition, Second Prize * 1994: International Youth Competition in St. Petersburg, First Prize * 1995:

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, Junior Division, Sixth Prize * 1997:

Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition The International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition ( Polish: ''Międzynarodowy Konkurs Skrzypcowy im. Henryka Wieniawskiego'') is a competition for violinists up to age 30 that takes place every five years in Poznań, Poland, in honor of the v ...

, Junior Division, Laureate * 1998: Paganini Competition in

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, Italy: First Prize * 2001-2003: BBC New Generation Artist * 2006: Gramophone Award for Chamber Music, recording of chamber music of the

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Piano Quintet with Vadim Repin,

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, Lynn Harrell, and Mikhail Pletnev.

References

External links

Official Ilya Gringolts web page

All-Music discography page for Ilya Gringolts

Medici TV page on Ilya Gringolts

Prestoclassical page on Gramophone Awards 2006, Record of the Year
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gringolts, Ilya 1982 births Paganini Competition prize-winners Living people Russian classical violinists Russian male classical violinists BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists 21st-century classical violinists 21st-century Russian male musicians