Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121
Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, WoO 27

‘Ilya Gringolts is a fine advocate for both works, combining brilliance and idiomatic sensitivity’ Gramophone (Arensky/Taneyev) March 09

Ilya Gringolts first release for ONYX.

Gringolts won the 1998 International Violin Competition ‘Premio Paganini’, and was given two awards for the youngest ever competitor to reach the finals, and for the best interpretation of the Paganini Caprices.

He studied at the Julliard School with Perlman and Delay, and is one of 12 young artists selected by the BBC for the highly successful and prestigious New Generation Artists scheme.

His recordings for Hyperion have been praised and he already has a Gramophone Award to his credit for his Taneyev Chamber Music recording with Pletnev, Repin, Imai and Harrell.

He is in demand with major orchestras world-wide.

The Guardian

1st July 2010

***

“Ilya Gringolts's dark, smoky violin tone suits the introspection of the three works perfectly. He and pianist Peter Laul do not attempt to impose themselves on the music...but instead seek out the moments when Schumann's individuality and lyrical invention are most obvious.”

Sunday Telegraph

4th July 2010

“Ilya Gringolts and Peter Laul give a poetic, animated performance of the Sonata No 1 in A minor that makes Schumann’s lack of enthusiasm for the piece all the more inexplicable...[they] embrace its strangeness with flair.”

Sunday Times

4th July 2010

****

“Gringolts and Laul make a strong case for this bittersweet music...they have an intimate rapport and innate feeling for the undemonstrative yet deeply emotional content of this glorious music, providing three of the most live-withable accounts of these masterpieces in recent recording history.”

Financial Times

10th July 2010

***

“Gringolts, one of the most inspirational violinists around today, plays with panache and sensitivity, his partnership with pianist Peter Laul reaching heady heights in the slow movement of the second sonata, the most Janus-faced of all.”

BBC Music Magazine

September 2010

****

“Gringolts shapes the music admirably well throughout”