Listen to Grigory Smirnov on WQXR

Friday, February 17, 2012, 9:00 PM (EST)

On-Air: 105.9FM

Online: www.wqxr.org

Listen to Romance for English horn and orchestra and a movement from Stained Glasses for two pianos on WQXR, the nation's most listened-to classical music station.

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Two concert reviews from Tanglewood

Music from Tanglewood, 2011. Mid-August Report

from stereotimes.com

Fuse Classical Music Feature: What a Way to Start the Week!

from artsfuse.org

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Premiere at 

Tanglewood

Wednewday, July 13, at 8:00 PM

Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood Festival

New song "Tears Fall Within Mine Heart" on the poem

by Ernest Dowson after Paul Verlaine ('Il pleure dans mon coeur')

Andrew Penning, tenor

Nana Shi, piano

The song was composed specially for Tanglewood Music Center, and the performance was produced under the direction of Dawn Upshaw and John Harbison.

    

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String Quartet at Tanglewood

String Quartet (2010) is to be performed at Seiji Ozawa Hall at the Tanglewood Festival.

Sunday, July 10, at 10:00 AM

The New Fromm Players:

Alex Shiozaki, violin

Tema Watstein, violin

Derek Mosloff, viola

Michael Dahlberg, cello

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Master of Music degree  from The Juilliard School

Grigory Smirnov has received the Master of Music degree in composition from The Juilliard School.

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Graduation recital at The Juilliard School

Thursday, May 19 at 6 PM

Paul Hall, The Juilliard School

Program and performers:

TRIPTYCH

for organ (2010)

Raymond Nagem, organ

IMPROVISATION

Grigory Smirnov, piano

Spencer Dickhaus, choreography

Isabel Gehweiler, cello

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A concert review for the recent premiere at Alice Tully Hall

Click here to read a review for the premiere of Romance for English horn and orchestra that took place at Alice Tully Hall with The Juilliard Orchestra, Hassan Anderson (English horn) and Jeffrey Milarsky (conductor) on April 1, 2011

         

The Juilliard Orchestra                                            Jeffrey Milarsky & Grigory Smirnov                        Grigory Smirnov & Hassan Anderson

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Press release and article about the upcoming premiere

A press release and an article in the Juilliard Journal about the upcoming premiere of Romance for English horn and orchestra at Alice Tully Hall on April 1, 2011.

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Romance for English horn and Orchestra - PREMIERE

Friday, April 1, 2011, 8pm

Alice Tully Hall, The Juilliard School

Juilliard Orchestra: Jeffrey Milarsky

Jeffrey Milarsky conducts the Juilliard Orchestra

Jeffrey Milarsky leads the orchestra in a selection of large-scale works fresh from the manuscripts of Juilliard’s finest young composers

DAVID HERTZBERG Nympharum
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano

CHRISTOPHER CASTRO Monolith

GRIGORY SMIRNOV Romance for Solo English Horn and Orchestra
Hassan Anderson, English Horn

PENG-PENG GONG Hourly Reminiscence
Peng-Peng Gong, Piano soloist

FREE tickets available 3/18

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Choreographers and Composers...PLUS

• Choreographers and Composers 2010 - Press Release

The Juilliard Dance Division, under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes, opens its season bringing Juilliard composers and choreographers together in a unique and exciting cross-division collaboration. The Choreographers and Composers performances are the culmination of the long-running Juilliard classroom/studio course of the same name, which gives Juilliard dance and composition students techniques to explore collaborative art. The course introduces each discipline to the needs, vocabulary and work methods of the other and finds common ground on which both can flourish.

Peter Jay Sharp Theater, The Juilliard School

Friday, December 10, 8:00 PM
Saturday, December 11, 2:00 PM
Saturday, December 11, 8:00 PM

Choreographer/Composer Collaborations:

Spencer Dickhaus/Grigory Smirnov
McKenna Birmingham/Simon Frisch
Rachelle Scott/Michael Lee
Melissa Fernandez/Trevor Doherty
Nathan Makolandra/Jared Miller
Zack Winokur/Conrad Winslow

© The Juilliard School

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Triptych for organ - PREMIERE

Monday, November 29, 2010. Paul Hall, The Juilliard School

Premiere of Triptych for organ.

Raymond Nagem, organ

     

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Composition Recital at The Juilliard School

Monday, November 1, 2010. Paul Hall, The Juilliard School

The program and performers:

FANTASIA

for flute and piano (2003/2008)

Fiona Kelly, flute

Çağdaş Özkan, piano

 

STAINED GLASSES

for two pianos (2002/2007)

Konstantine Valianatos, piano

Edward Neeman, piano

 

STRING QUARTET

for two violins, viola and cello (2010) PREMIERE

Yo-Yo Fann, violin

Laura Lutzke, violin

Emilie Grimes, viola

Charles Asch, cello

 

MIRRORS OF EMPTINESS

arrangement for harp and electronics (2008/2010)

Grace Browning, harp 

                        

    

     

Photo © by Isabel Gehweiler

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California Summer Music

On July 23, 2010, the 1st movement of Piano Quintet was premiered at California Summer Music in Sonoma, CA

Performers:

Jessica Oddie & Kaja Pernille Østervold - violins

John Austin - viola

Abraham Aragundi - cello

Grigory Smirnov - piano

   

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Fantasia in Weimar, Germany

Fantasia for flute and piano was performed in Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar.

May 31, 2010

June 11, 2010

Performer: Leona Rötzsch

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Mirrors of Emptiness in Moscow

Mirrors of Emptiness for marimba and electronics was performed in Moscow, Russia.

Performer: Petr Glavatskikh

May 30, 2010 - Central Music School

June 9, 2010 - Visotsky Museum Concert Hall

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Mirrors of Emptiness in New York

Mirrors of Emptiness for marimba and electronics was performed at The Juilliard School, New York.

May 11, 2010

Performer: Jonathan Smith

  

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Stained Glasses in New York

The first movement of sonata Stained Glasses was performed at The Juilliard School, New York.

March 29, 2010

Performers: Çağdaş Özkan and Grigory Smirnov

Fantasia in New York

Fantasia for flute and piano was performed at Paul Hall of The Juilliard School, New York.

November 30, 2009

Performers: Fiona Kelly (flute) and Grigory Smirnov (piano)

The Juilliard School

Grigory Smirnov is now a graduate student at the prestigious Juilliard School and will start the program in September 2009.

Stained Glasses in Sofia, Bulgaria

On April 4, 2009, Grigory Smirnov's Sonata "Stained Glasses" for two pianos is to be performed in

the 12th ppIANISSIMO International Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria

Performers: Margarita Ilieva & Milen Panayotov.