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.

"Larimar": Classical Gems - 2025-12-05T00:00:00.000000Z

J. S. Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord - 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000000Z

"Benitoite": Classical Gems - 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Itzhak Perlman plays Violin Favorites - 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon & Decca - 2025-08-29T00:00:00.000000Z

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