Lilit Grigoryan
Pianist
News
Nominations for “Música callada”
Lilit Grigoryan’s recording of Música callada by Frederic Mompou was chosen as one of Apple Music’s Best Albums of 2021.
The CD “Música callada” was nominated for the Opus Klassik 2022 in the category 10 “Solo Recording Instrument”.
Reviews for “Songs of Rain”
“Highly emotional music from John Dowland to Benjamin Britten, worked out emotionally and quickly a little voluptuously.”
TOP 5 Klassik CDs, Journal Frankfurt, July 2022
“In any case, the warming sound of the viola gives comfort and the sensitive interplay of Errera and Grigoryan creates a pleasant atmosphere of familiarity.”
Marie-Teres Himmler, ORF Ö1, June 2022
“Errera inspires with a sound that oscillates between ashen mourning tones and bittersweet melodies, Grigoryan shines as a pianist with a sense of nuance and flow of sound.”
Christoph Irrgeher, Wiener Zeitung, June 2022
“However, the musicians avoid any kind of melancholy cloudiness, so that the rain songs in June have the effect of a refreshing lawn sprinkler.”
Stern, June 2022
“The pianist Lilit Grigoryan follows the courageous approach, balancing the dynamics of the grand piano so sensitively that the viola is never robbed of its leading role.”
Sven Kerkhoff, Musik an sich, June 2022
Karolina and Lilit at MDR Klassik
Karolina Errera and Lilit Grigoryan were guests at MDR Klassik and talked about their new joint recording “Songs of Rain” with Martin Hoffmeister. You can listen to the interview HERE from the 45’11’ minute.
Concerts
Lissabon
23. September 2023
20:00
Concert – Schubertiades / Autour de Maria João Pires
Gulbenkian Foundation
Rostock
20. October 2023
17:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Netzwerk-Konzert, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock
Heiligendamm
23. October 2023 - 28. October 2023
Artists in Residence – Workshop week
YARO meets Kronberg, Grand Hotel Heiligendamm
Rostock
9. November 2023
19:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Benefizkonzert – Stadtwerke Rostock
Barocksaal Rostock
Rostock
11. November 2023
Concert with Alumni of Young Academy Rostock
Young Academy Rostock’s 15th Jubilee
Katharinensaal, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock
Rostock
17. November 2023
17:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Netzwerk-Konzert, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock
Güstrow
18. November 2023
17:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Energie für Nachwuchs
Rostock
1. December 2023
17:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Netzwerk-Konzert, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock
Hamburg
12. December 2023
19:30
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Oscar und Vera Ritter Stiftung, Großer Mozartsaal
Heiligendamm
17. December 2023
14:30
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Weihnachtskonzert, Grand Hotel Heiligendamm
2023
Lissabon
22. September 2023
20:00
Concert – Schubertiades / Autour de Maria João Pires
Gulbenkian Foundation
Paris
17. September 2023
16:00
Concert – Schubertiades / Autour de Maria João Pires
Grande salle Pierre Boulez – Philharmonie
Paris
16. September 2023
16:00
Concert – Schubertiades / Autour de Maria João Pires
Salle des concerts – Cité de la musique
Bamberg
9. September 2023
19:30
Solo and chamber music with Bamberg String Quartett
Festival Schloss Seehof
Langenberg
31. August 2023 - 3. September 2023
Chamber music at Langenberg Festival
“Hoher Himmel, tiefe Erde”
Rügen
8. August 2023
19:30
Duo recital with Friederike Fechner (cello)
Altenkirchen auf Rügen
Emden
3. August 2023
19:00
Concert of Ensemble Dimensions
Gezeitenkonzerte Festival, Festspielhaus am Wall Emden
Rostock
16. July 2023 - 21. July 2023
Piano Course at YARO Summer School 2023
Young Academy Rostock
hmt Rostock
Rostock
13. July 2023
20:00
Benefice Concert
Cork
2. July 2023
19:30
Chamber music with Claudio Bohórquez (cello)
West Cork Music Chamber Music Festival
Cork
1. July 2023
16:00
Duo recital with Viviane Hagner (violin)
West Cork Music Chamber Music Festival
Cork
30. June 2023
19:30
Trio concert with Viviane Hagner (violin) and Claudio Bohórquez (cello)
West Cork Music Chamber Music Festival
Berlin
27. June 2023
20:00
Trio concert with Viviane Hagner (violin) and Claudio Bohórquez (cello)
Piano Salon Christophori
Rostock
16. June 2023
19:30
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Klassik im Kraftwerk, Stadtwerke Rostock
Rostock
16. May 2023
15:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Sounds for generations
Rostock
12. May 2023
17:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Netzwerk-Konzert, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock
Plau am See
7. May 2023
17:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Paris
15. April 2023
20:00
Duo recital with Karolina Errera (viola)
France musique
Heiligendamm
8. April 2023
14:30
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Osterkonzert, Grand Hotel Heiligendamm
Frankfurt am Main
31. March 2023
21:00
Chamber music concert with Eliot Quartett
Holzhausenkonzerte
Winnenden
25. March 2023
19:30
Duo recital with Viviane Hagner (violin)
Schlosskonzerte
Rostock
10. March 2023 - 12. March 2023
Young Competition Rostock
Rostock
4. March 2023 - 5. March 2023
YARO Workshop
Young Academy Rostock
2022
Rostock
16. September 2022
19:00
Chamber Music Concert with Soloists of Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock
Brahmsnacht – Rostock BRAHMSt! Eine Stadt musiziert
Steffenshagen
9. September 2022
18:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Festland – Klassik trifft Landluft – Festival
Parchim
26. August 2022
18:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Bonn
15. August 2022 - 21. August 2022
Piano Workshop – Assistance of Maria João Pires
Hitzacker
6. August 2022
4:04
Recital
Frederic Mompou: Musicá callada
Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker
Rostock
17. July 2022
18:00
Summer School Opening Concert
Young Academy Rostock
Rostock
17. July 2022 - 22. July 2022
Piano Course at YARO Summer School 2022
Young Academy Rostock
hmt Rostock
Büsum
25. June 2022
18:00
Berlin
23. June 2022
20:00
Duo recital mit Karolina Errera (Viola)
CD Release Konzert
Rostock
17. June 2022
17:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Netzwerk-Konzert, hmt Rostock
Ellwangen
12. June 2022
17:00
Recital with Benjamin Beck (Viola) and Maxime Pacaud (Actor)
Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
A musical tale
Rostock
8. June 2022
19:30
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Klassik im Kraftwerk, Stadtwerke Rostock
Berlin
25. May 2022
19:00
Duo Recital with Nina Reddig (Violin)
Piano Nobile Kammersaal
Bad Doberan
18. May 2022
15:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Schüler spielen für Senioren
Ville-d'Avray
15. May 2022
Dreieich
8. May 2022
20:00
Duo Recital
with Alexander Kovalev (Cello)
Dreieich
8. May 2022
18:00
Duo Recital
with Alexander Kovalev (Cello)
Dreieich
7. May 2022
20:00
Duo Recital
with Alexander Kovalev (Cello)
Dreieich
7. May 2022
18:00
Duo Recital with Alexander Kovalev (Cello)
Rostock
2. May 2022
20:00
Recital
Möller’s Piano Lounge, Carlo 615
Berlin
27. April 2022
14:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Espresso Konzert, Konzerthaus Berlin
Heiligendamm
16. April 2022
14:30
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Osterkonzert, Grand Hotel Heiligendamm
Wernigerode
24. March 2022
19:30
Rostock
12. March 2022 - 14. March 2022
Young Competition Rostock
Young Academy Rostock, hmt Rostock
Kempen
11. March 2022
20:00
Duo Recital with Matthias Kirschnereit (piano)
Kempen Klassik / Mendelssohn – Festival
Kulturforum Franziskanerkloster
Heiligendamm
30. January 2022
16:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Online Neujahrskonzert, Grand Hotel Heiligendamm
Prag
8. January 2022
19:30
Duo Recital with Maria João Pires
Rudolfinum – Dvorak Hall
2021
Toulouse
11. December 2021
20:00
Chamber music with Jean – Marc Philips – Varjabedian (Violin) and Xavier Philips (Cello)
Halle aux Grains
Bochum
6. December 2021
19:30
Solo Recital
Schauspielhaus Bochum
Beckum
25. November 2021
20:00
Wismar
13. November 2021
18:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Energie für Nachwuchs, Bürgerschaftssaal Wismar
Rostock
12. November 2021
18:30
Frederic Mompou: Música callada
Kammermusikfest Rostock
Hochschule für Musik & Theater, Rostock
Rostock
4. November 2021
19:00
Concert with Talents of Young Academy Rostock
Benefizkonzert – Lichtwoche der Stadtwerke Rostock
Barocksaal Rostock
Berlin
2. November 2021
20:00
Recital – CD Release
Konzerthaus, Kleiner Saal
Bad Doberan
26. October 2021
20:00
Recital with Ildikó Szabó (Cello) and Valeriy Sokolov (Violin)
YARO meets Kronberg – Dozentenkonzert mit Fellows der Kronberg Academy
Festsaal, Bad Doberan
Rendsburg
6. October 2021 - 10. October 2021
Chamber Music Course of Young Academy Rostock
Nordkolleg Rendsburg
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There is a path to being a musician – having passion for music, the instrument, the composers and their works. I feel very privileged and grateful to be able to communicate my passion with the audiences through performance – to create a connection between the composers and listeners.
Lilit Grigoryan
Biography
The pianist Lilit Grigoryan, who is distinguished by „her abundant strength and a clear, assertive musical language“ (Maria João Pires), is one of the outstanding artists of her generation. She is highly praised by the press for her „beyond-her-years performance” (BBC Music Magazine) and is referred to as “bright spot in the field of interchangeable pianism” (MDR Kultur).
Lilit has toured across the globe and performs in venues including the Konzerthaus Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie Essen, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Gasteig Munich, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Great Hall of Mozarteum Salzburg, Salle Cortot, Cité de la Musique, BOZAR, Flagey, Palau de la Música Catalana, Auditorio Nacional de Música Madrid, Halle aux Grains in Toulouse and Steinway Halls in New York, London and Hamburg.
As a soloist, Lilit performs with numerous orchestras including Sinfonia Varsovia, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, North German Philharmonic, Polish Chamber Orchestra, amongst others. In addition, she makes appearances at various prestigious festivals including Schleswig Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Verbier, Krzyzowa, Gezeitenkonzerte, Kultursommer Nordhessen, Auvers-sur-Oise, Colmar, Menton, Midis-Minimes as well as others.
Lilit is also a devoted chamber musician and collaborates with various artists including Maria João Pires, Viviane Hagner, Claudio Bohorquez, Valeriy Sokolov, Karolina Errera.
Her concerts have been broadcast on Deutschlandradio, BBC Radio 3, BR Klassik, NDR Kultur, MDR Kultur, SWR Kultur, Radio France, Musique 3, France 3 as well as the public broadcasting companies in Armenia, Radio Mexico and RAI 3.
Lilit’s debut CD was released in 2012 and featured works by Scarlatti, Schumann, Bartók and Khachaturian (DiscAuverS). In 2017 and 2018, a further two chamber music recordings were released to critical acclaim; the first with violinist Sarah Christian (Genuin) and the second with violist Hiyoli Togawa (Naxos). In November 2018, Lilit released “Variations sérieuses” (Orchid Classics) including works of Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bizet and Szymanowski. The recording has been received very enthusiastically by international reviewers.
Lilit’s new recording with the cycle „Música callada“ by Frederic Mompou was released in October 2021 (Orchid Classics) and has already received a great deal of media attention. In addition to the numerous enthusiastic reviews, the CD was chosen as one of Apple Music’s Best Albums of 2021.
In June 2022 a further chamber music recording with violist Karolina Errera has been released by Genuin.
Born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1985, Lilit received her first piano lessons from Arkuhi Harutyunyan at the age of seven; later she studied with Sergei Sarajyan and Matthias Kirschnereit. She graduated from the Rostock University of Music and Drama with the highest distinction.
From 2012 to 2016 Lilit was also Artist in Residence at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Belgium, under the direction of Maria João Pires. Since then, an intense and inspiring collaboration has been established with Maria João and her diverse projects.
Lilit has been prizewinner of several international competitions and was supported by various foundations during her studies including Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, Safran, Horst-Rahe-Stiftung and the Keyboard Charitable Trust. She has also won a Scholarship from Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe and the Tabor Piano Prize of the Verbier Academy.
In 2008, Lilit received the prestigious Culture Prize of President of Armenia; she was also awarded honors by the Mayor of the City of Yerevan.
Since March 2023 Lilit is a Yamaha artist.
Lilit Grigoryan is teaching and artistically collaborating at the Rostock University of Music and Drama and the Young Academy Rostock.
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“…An assertive and beyond-her-years performance from the Armenian pianist. …”
BBC Music Magazine
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Discography
Songs of Rain
Tschaikowsky: A Tear trembles op. 6 Nr. 4
Sergej Rachmaninoff: In the mysterious Silence of the Night op. 4 Nr. 3
Dowland: If my Complaints could Passions move
Britten: Lachrymae “Reflections on a Song of Dowland” op. 48
Prokofieff: Death of Juliet aus Romeo & Juliette op. 64
Brahms: Nachklang op. 59 Nr. 4; Violasonate op. 78 “Regensonate”
Karolina Errera, Viola
Lilit Grigoryan, Klavier
Genuin, 2022
Frederic Mompou: "Música callada"
Book I-IV
Orchid Classics, 2021
Variations Serieuses
Bach / Busoni: Chaconne BWV 1004
Beethoven: 32 Variationen WoO 80
Mendelssohn: Variations serieuses op. 54;
Rejected variations Nr. 11-14
Bizet: variations chromatiques de concert
Szymanowski: Variations h-moll
op. 3
Orchid Classics, 2018
Gegenwelten - Werke von Prokofjew und Schubert
Prokofjew: Violinsonate op. 80
Schubert: Fantasie für Violine & Klavier D. 934
Sarah Christian, Violine
GENUIN 2017
Romantic Viola Sonatas
Onslow: Vilasonate op. 16 Nr. 1
Mendelssohn: Violasonate c-moll
Kalliwoda: 6 Nocturnes op. 186
Hiyoli Togawa, Viola
Lilit Grigoryan, Klavier
Naxos, 2016
Lilit Grigoryan
Werke von Scarlatti, Schumann, Bartók, Khachaturian
DiscAuvers, 2012