VYACHESLAV GRYAZNOV
MARCH 22, 7:30PM
Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman Recital Hall
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The Leschetizky Association*
and The Drozdoff Society present the Russian pianist-composer
VYACHESLAV GRYAZNOV in a concert of Franz Liszt's complete
Transcendental Etudes and a selection of Mr. Gryaznov's own
transcriptions of works by Glinka, Borodin, Rachmaninoff, and
Tchaikovsky.
The Program:
Liszt Transcendental Études, S. 139
No. 1 (Preludio)
No. 2 (Fusees)
No. 3 (Paysage)
No. 4 (Mazeppa)
No. 5 (Feux follets)
No. 6 (Vision)
No. 7 (Eroica)
No. 8 (Wilde Jagd)
No. 9 (Ricordanza)
No. 10 (Appassionata)
No. 11 (Harmonies du soir)
No. 12 (Chasse-neige)
A. Borodin – V. Gryaznov. Nocturno from String Quartet No. 2
P.I. Tchaikovsky – V. Gryaznov. Flower’s Waltz from the ballet “Nutcracker”
S. Rachmaninov – V. Gryaznov. The Night Is Sad op.26/12
S. Rachmaninov – V. Gryaznov. How Peaceful op.21/7
S. Rachmaninov – V. Gryaznov. Vocalise op.34/14
S. Rachmaninov – V. Gryaznov. Italian Polka
M. Glinka – V. Gryaznov. Valse-fantasie
VYACHESLAV
GRYAZNOV graduated with honors from the Central Music School of the
Moscow State Conservatory where he studied with Professor Manana
Kandelaki. He proceeded with undergraduate studies at the Moscow
Conservatory (class of Professor Yuri Slesarev), once again completing
his degree with honors. He continued at the Moscow Conservatory as a
post-graduate student, and is on the teaching faculty of the Moscow
Conservatory’s Piano Department. In 2016
he accepted Yale University’s invitation to fulfill the Artist Diploma
program under the Yale School of Music’s Professor Boris Berman.
Vyacheslav Gryaznov is a member of the Moscow Philharmonic Society, which represents him in Russia, and is an Artist-in-Residence with The Drozdoff Society in the United States.
A prize-winner of international
competitions in Italy, Ukraine, Denmark, Georgia, Japan, and Russia
(including six first and Grand prizes) and a frequent guest at
international festivals, the pianist has toured in many countries of
Europe, CIS, Africa, Japan, the United States, and throughout Russia.
His NHK video recordings are shown on Japanese TV on a regular basis. In
Russia, the pianist's recordings are often played on Orpheus classical
radio.
Gryaznov’s 2016-2017 performances included
the Berliner Philharmonie and Carnegie Hall as winner of the 2016 New
York Concert Artists 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; as
well as engagements in Russia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Austria, and
France. He also recorded a CD on the Steinway & Sons label in 2017.
Vyacheslav Gryaznov is
the author of more than 30 concert arrangements and transcriptions and
has gained a reputation as one of the most remarkable young arrangers
working today. In 2014 Gryaznov signed a publishing contract with Schott
Music (Germany).
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*The Leschetizky Association celebrates
its namesake's Birthday every year at this time with a concert. It
seemed fitting, somehow, that the works of Liszt, who like Leschetizky
studied with Carl Czerny, should be performed by this great Russian
virtuoso who happens to be an Artist in Residence with The Drozdoff
Society, whose founder happens to be (a) a distant relative of Carl
Czerny, and (b) whose grandfather, Vladimir Drozdoff, studied with both
Leschetizky and his second wife, Anna Essipova.
