”Wonderful Pianist...She Has It All. Technique, Musicality, Power, Phrasing......Absolutely Marvellous.”
Alan Bash, Juilliard M.M. Piano
Concert in Skinnskatteberg, Sweden, 21 November 2021
”Bach, Brubeck, Gershwin, Jobim, Lord, Rodrigo, Telemann”
Concert in Stockholm 2 October 2021
”Rachmaninoff with Grigoryants”
Program 2022
An entire evening dedicated to the last romantic, Sergei Rachmaninoff. The program contains some of his most interesting compositions and draws from the Preludes, Musical Moments and Etudes Tableaux. Ending the recital is the rarely played and very demanding original version of Piano Sonata No. 2 from 1913.
Preludierna: Opus 23 - No 10 in Gb major • Opus 32 - No 12 in G# minor • Opus 32 - No 2 in Bb minor • Opus 23 - No.5 in G minor • Opus 23 - No 4 in D major. Études Tableaux, Opus 39: No 6 in A minor • No 1 in C minor • No 2 in A minor • No 5 in Eb minor. Moments Musicaux Opus 16: No 4 in E minor Paus • No 1 in Bb minor • Piano Sonata No.2 - the 1913 original edition
A very exciting and varied program with an emphasis on Brubeck and Gershwin. The program contains large improvised sections based on the originals. Between songs, Christina Grigoryants talks about their background and her relationship to each piece.
Dave Brubeck - Home At Last - Southern Scene • Antônio Carlos Jobim - The Girl from Ipanema
J.S Bach - Siciliana (flöjtsonat i Gm) • Jon Lord - Telemann Experiment • Dave Brubeck - Blue Shadows in the Streets - Blue Rondo à la Turk George Gershwin - The Man I love - Three preludes - Rhapsody In Blue (för solo framträdande i Bbmaj) • Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez.
Contact & Booking
Mail: christina.grigoryants@gmail.com. Phone/Text: +46 739 144002
Background
Christinas Grigoryants repertoire includes different eras and styles of music from baroque to modern jazz including works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff , Ravel, Gershwin, Brubeck, Piazzolla, Corea, Lord and many more.
The Grigoryants family line consists of armenian musicians many generations back. Both parents, Klara and Edward Grigoryants, were music teachers. Her father was also a well known composer and band leader.
At music school Christina was a student of locally renown teachers Nathalie Sudilkovskaya and Nonna Melnikova. From early age, she participated and won in various domestic and international piano competitions.
In 1994 Christina was accepted into the prestigious Gnessin Academy of Music under the tuition of renowned professors such as Boris Berlin, Tatiana Pospelova, Larissa Starodubvrovskaya and Alexey Skavrosnky.
Since childhood Christina has also developed a passion for jazz and has been involved in experimental modern music projects as a soloists and improviser.
The combination of the highest level piano academia with the freedom and spontaneity of jazz, folk and blues, is rather unique.
From 1994 until 2019, Christina has also worked as a music teacher, but is now focusing solely on her work as a performing musician, with permanent residence in Sweden.
Contact, Booking & Social Media
Mail: christina.grigoryants@gmail.com
Phone/Text: +46 739 144002
YouTube och Facebook: Pianist Christina Grigoryants
https://grigoryants.se
Spontaneous improvisations in the studio
Lullaby of Birdland
Blue Shadows In The Street
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