Ilya Gringolts
Soloist much in demand, Ilya Gingolts is dedicated both to the great orchestral repertoire and to contemporary and rare works; It also nurtures a deep passion for historically informed practices. Concert programs include a virtuosic repertoire of the early Baroque period, by composers such as Jean-Marie Leclair and Pietro Locatelli, as well as the solo and concertantes by Paganini, Mendelssohn, among others. Many composers wrote new works for themselves, more recently Chaya Czernowin, Lotta Wennäkoski, Mirela Ivičević, Augusta Read Thomas, Beat Furrer and Bernhard Lang.
After recent collaborations with orchestras such as A OSLO Philharmonic, A Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra, A ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, A BBC Symphony Orchestra, A São Paulo Symphony Orchestra or A Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, among the highlights of the season 2025/26 are acting with A LUXEMBOURG PHILHARMONIC, A WDR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA COLOGNE, A DEUTSCHES SYMPHONIE-ORCHESTER BERLIN, A YOMIURI NIPPON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA E A DÜSSELDORF SYMPHONY. Ilya Gringolts is also a resident artist of the Orchestra di Padova and Del Veneto in the 2025/26 season. With its long-standing musical partner, A Australian Chamber Orchestra, makes an extended tour, this time with a program in period instruments, including works by Antonio Vivaldi, Francesco Geminiani e Giuseppe Tartini, as well as more contemporary composers, such as Sofia Gubaidulina e Mieczysław Weinberg.
Ilya Gringolts performed with renowned orchestras such as A Los Angeles Philharmonic, A NHK Symphony Orchestra, A Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, A Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, A Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, A City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra e A Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Recent highlights include joint projects with A BAVARIAN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, A ORCHESTRA DELLAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, A Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Os Wiener Symphoniker, Os Bamberger Symphoniker, A Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, A Budapest Festival Orchestra, A Orquesta de Valencia, A BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, a kbs symphony orchestra e a National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan. From his violin, he regularly directs projects with A Australian Chamber Orchestra, A CAMERATA Bern and O ENSAMBLE RESONANZ. This season, he also directs A Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra e a Kammerakademie Potsdam.
In the recording of Il Labirinto Armico (2021), De Pietro Locatelli, distinguished with the Diapason d’Or and the Gramophone Editor’s Choice Award, Ilya Gingolts also directed a finnish baroque orchestra from the instrument. That same year, the solo CD followed ciacona, with works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Brice Pauset, Roberto Gerhard e Heinz Holliger, also distinguished with the Gramophone Editor’s Choice Award. His vast discography, widely acclaimed by critics and edited by Deutsche Grammophon, A BIS Records and A Hyperion Records, also includes the famous recording of the 24 whims. for solo violin de niccolò paganini e the full recording of the work for violin de igor stravinsky (2018), carried out with the Galicia under the direction of Dima Slobodeniouk e distinguished with the diapason d'or.
As the first violin do gringolts Quartet, he achieved great success in the no Salzburg Festival, No Lucerne Festival, No Edinburgh International Festival, No Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Na Philharmonie Luxembourg, Na Elbphilharmonie Hamburg e no theatre Fenice. Highly prestigious chamber musician, regularly collaborates with artists such as Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich, Peter Laul, Aleksandar Madžar, Christian Poltéra e Lawrence Power.
After studying violin and composition with Tatiana Liberova and Zhanneta Metallidi in St. Petersburg, she attended A Juilliard School, where she studied Com Itzhak Perlman. won the International Violin Competition Premio Paganini (1998), remaining the youngest winner in the history of the contest; Early in his career he was equally distinguished as the BBC New Generation Artist. In addition to being a professor at Na Zurich University of the Arts, he was appointed in 2021 to the prestigious Accademia Chigiana, in Siena. He is also an artistic consultant at the Mizmorim Festival, in Switzerland. Ilya Gringolts plays a violin Antonio Stradivari (1718, “ex-prové”).