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Slava Grigoryan was born in 1976 in Kazakhstan and immigrated with his
family to Australia in 1981. As a major prizewinner at the Tokyo
International Classical Guitar Competition, Slava was signed by Sony
Music Entertainment Australia under the Sony Classical Label in 1995
and has since released four solo albums.
Slava Grigoryan has performed at many national and international
Festivals such as the Brighton International Festival, the Harrogate
International Arts Festival, Dresden Misikfestpiel, the Newbury
Festival in the UK, the Guitar Festival of Great Britain, the Darwin
International Guitar Festival, the GFA Festival in La Jolla,
California, the Wirral International Guitar Festival, the AL Bustan
Festival in Beirut, the New Zealand Arts Festival and the Sydney
Festival.
He has appeared with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including
the London Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Northern Sinfonia, Israel
Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Radio Orchestra and more recently the
Klagenfurt Symphony Orchestra in Austria and the Halle Orchestra in
Manchester, UK.
In 1998 Slava was named Young Australian of the Year for the Arts and
in September 2000 he appeared as soloist with the Australian Chamber
Orchestra as part of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Arts Festival.
In January 2001, he was soloist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in
their annual “Symphony in the Domain” concert before an audience in
excess of 100,000. Later that year, he toured extensively for Musica
Viva Australia with the Australian pianist, Simon Tedeschi and appeared
for Andrew McKinnon Concert Presentations in recital at Angel Place.
Other 2001 performances included appearances with the Royal Scottish
National Orchestra, The City of London Festival, the Australian String
Quartet and a tour to Japan in September.
In 2002, Slava appeared as soloist with the New Zealand Symphony
Orchestra, the Australian Youth Orchestra and toured for Musica Viva
with his brother, Leonard Grigoryan. Slava Grigoryan was appointed
Artist in Residence at the Victorian College of the Arts, and received
the ‘Mo Award’ for Instrumentalist of the Year.
His debut classical album for ABC Classics – Sonatas and Fantasies -
was released in March 2002 and was awarded Best Classical Album at the
2002 ARIA Awards. 2003 saw the release of two new albums on the ABC
Classics label – Play (with Leonard Grigoryan) and Saffire (The
Australian Guitar Quartet), which went on to win the 2003 Best
Classical Album ARIA.
2003 engagements included solo appearances with the Tasmanian Symphony
Orchestra and for the Queensland Biennial of Music, national tours with
his brother Leonard and with Saffire, extensive appearances for Musica
Viva and performances in Japan with baritone José Carbó. Slava also
collaborated with many colleagues in Slava and Friends for Carnivale in
Sydney.
In 2004, Slava appeared as a soloist with the Melbourne and West
Australian Symphony orchestras, Orchestra Victoria and toured
extensively for Musica Viva. He also recorded and released a new CD
with Saffire and performed extensively with the guitar quartet,
including a concert at the Brisbane Festival and regional tours. His
album release Brazil (with flautist Jane Rutter) went straight to No. 1
on the ARIA classical charts.
2005 saw Slava Grigoryan appear as a soloist with some of Australia’s
leading orchestras, complete a Guest-Artist residency at Geelong
Grammar in Victoria, where he performed concerts and workshops,
undertake a tour to the United Arab Emirates and South Africa and
record a new CD with his brother, Leonard Grigoryan, through ABC
Classics, of the Rodrigo Concerto for two guitars with the Queensland
Orchestra.
In the latter half of 2005, he undertook major tours to Europe and the
USA both as a solo artist and with Saffire – The Australian Guitar
Quartet. In 2006, Slava toured New Zealand, the UK, Russia, Japan and
South-East-Asia including a major recital with Leonard at Wigmore Hall,
London.
In 2007, brothers Slava and Leonard toured as a duo throughout
Australia, Asia and the Baltic States as well as recording with the
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Slava also appeared as a soloist with The
Queensland Orchestra, the Song Company and with Leonard for the Hong
Kong Sinfonietta and at the Queensland Music Festival.
© Patrick Togher Artists’ Management 2008
“Wizard of the guitar, Slava Grigoryan bewitched and beguiled the
audience… Grigoryan has complete mastery of all facets of the
guitar…”
(Adelaide Advertiser, May 2005)
“Grigoryan is a fine and intriguing performer, steely in his
concentration but able to explode out when the music demands it…”
(The Age)
“…a truly dazzling and brilliant performance – go and see him if you
have the opportunity, he is one of the very best talents to have
emerged in recent years”.
(Classical Guitar Magazine)
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