LNSO koncerte – smuiko garsenybė ILYA GRINGOLTS, trio „FortVio", dirigentas Modestas Pitrėnas

Violin celebrity ILYA GRINGOLTS will perform in Vilnius

"This concert was like no other - an unforgettable experience created by a musician who is dedicated and inspired to the core." This is what Pizzicato wrote about one of Ilya Gringolts' concerts. This autumn, Ilya Gringolts (Switzerland), who enchants audiences all over the world with his special virtuosity and expressive interpretations, will perform in Vilnius. October 16 The world-renowned violinist at the National Philharmonic will perform at the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra's concert, which will be conducted by Maestro Modestas Pitrėnas. In the first part of this concert, the trio "FortVio", celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, will also perform with the orchestra: Ingrida Rupaitė (violin), Povilas Jacunskas (cello), Indrė Baikštytė (piano), who will perform the world premiere of a new work by Kristupas Bubnelis.
I. Gringolts performs with the world's most famous orchestras, such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, St. Cecilia Academy, Milan Filarmonica della Scala, BBC Symphony, BBC Scotland Symphony, NHK Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Zurich Tonhalle, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Birmingham City Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic, São Paulo Symphony, Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra, etc. Among the highlights of the past season are concerts with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin German Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra. "It is difficult to imagine a more expressive and uncompromising playing of the violin," Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote about the violin virtuoso.
The violinist studied at the famous Juilliard School of Music in New York, where his teacher was the legendary Itzhak Perlman, one of the most famous violinists of our era. in 1998 I. Gringolts won the prestigious Paganini International Violin Competition and remains the youngest winner of this competition in its history. The performer is currently playing a Guarneri del Gesù violin (1743).
The violinist enchants the world audience with a combination of virtuosity and special interpretations and is constantly looking for new musical challenges. The artist's mastery has been admired by many music critics, and the Pizzicato publication adds: "Ilya Gringolts's interpretations testify to his deep involvement in and understanding of the works, as well as his unwavering, confident command of the instrument." The repertoire of I. Gringolts includes both great masterpieces of violin classics, as well as less frequently heard opus and contemporary works. Composers such as Peter Maxwell Davies, Salvatore Sciarrino, Bernhard Lang, Michael Jarrell, Beat Furrer, Christophe Bertrand, Chaya Czernowin, Augusta Read Thomas, Mirela Ivičević and others have written works specially for this artist. Also, the violinist regularly plays the music of John Adams, Jörg Widmann, Heinz Holliger, Valentyn Silvestrov, Sofia Gubaidulina, Mieczysław Weinberg and other famous creators of the XX-XXI.
Chamber music also occupies an important place in the artist's work. Violinist since 2008. is the principal of the "Gringolts Quartet", with this group he performed with great success at the Salzburg Festival, the Lucerne Festival, the Edinburgh Festival, the Amsterdam "Concertgebouw", the Luxembourg Philharmonic, the Hamburg Elbe Philharmonic and the Venice "La Fenice" theater. I. Gringolts regularly collaborates with such top caliber musicians as cellists Nicolas Altstaedt, Christian Poltéra, violist Lawrence Power, pianists Alexander Lonquich, Peter Laul, etc.
In his extensive discography, which is published by the biggest classical music publishers Deutsche Grammophon, BIS, Hyperion and Outhere Music, the highly rated and important place is the recording of all of N. Paganini's 24 Caprices (2013), all of Igor Stravinsky's works for violin (2018), and one of I. Gringolts's latest recordings is the recording of J. S. Bach's sonatas for violin and harpsichord together with Francesco Corti. - won the "Diapason d'Or", "Amadeus d'Or" and other prestigious awards.
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