Prof. Grigory Gruzman
Lecturer of Piano (major subject)
Fürstenhaus
- Born 1956 in St. Petersburg
- First piano lessons at the age of five
- Attended Special music school for gifted children in St. Petersburg
- While attending school more than 300 appearances on stage in different Russian cities
- Studies with Prof. Gregory Haimowsky at the Academy of Music in Jerusalem and with Prof. Vitalij Margulis at the College of Music in Freiburg (Germany)
- Prizewinner of the international piano competitions in Monza and Vercelli (Italy)
- Performances as soloist and chamber musician (among many others, member of the Shostakovich-Trio 1986-1996) in almost all European countries, the Far East, Latin America and the USA
- International master classes in Europe, the Far East and the USA
- More than 100 performances broadcasted by TV and radio stations all over the world
- His arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures of an Exhibition" for piano-trio received special attention
- From 1998 to 2006 Professor of Piano at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
- Since 2006 Professor of Piano at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar
- Chairman of the International FRANZ LISZT Competition for Young Pianists and of the International Rachmaninow Competition for Young Pianists Darmstadt