Ilya Gringolts

{ Ilya Gringolts (Russian: Илья́ Алекса́ндрович Гринго́льц, romanized: Il′já Aleksándrovič Gringól′c) born 2 July 1982 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) is a violinist and educator. Gringolts studied violin in St. Petersburg with Tatiana Liberova and Jeanna Metallidi. He then attended the Juilliard School, and studied violin with Itzhak Perlman 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" Stradivarius 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. His sister, Olga, is married to the violinist, Maxim Vengerov. {

J. S. Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord - 2025-10-17 00:00:00

"Benitoite": Classical Gems - 2025-09-19 00:00:00

Itzhak Perlman plays Violin Favorites - 2025-09-03 00:00:00

Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon & Decca - 2025-08-29 00:00:00

Itzhak Perlman - Great Violin Concertos - 2025-08-24 00:00:00

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