About Me
A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, guitarist Grigory Goryachev has been
acclaimed the world over for his blinding virtuosity and extraordinary
musical sensitivity. As a master of both flamenco and classical styles, he
has created a new genre all his own and garnered praise from such guitar
luminaries as Paco de LucÃa, Christopher Parkening, and Eliot Fisk.
Following his debut at the age of nine, Goryachev enjoyed an extensive
career as a child prodigy, performing regularly before large audiences in
the most prestigious concert halls of the Soviet Union. He also appeared regularly
on Soviet television and radio and was featured in numerous major newspapers
and magazines. His participation at the age of 13 in the T.V marathon,
Revival of St. Petersburg, was transmitted live to more than one hundred
countries worldwide.
In 1991, Goryachev was awarded second prize in the Danny Kaye International
Children’s Awards held in the Hague, Netherlands. Sponsored by UNICEF, this
competition featured participants on all instruments from twenty-six
countries. Later that same year, Mr. Goryachev was invited to perform at the
UN headquarters in New York City. Directly thereafter, he toured Scandinavia
and performed by special invitation for the Royalty of Iceland. In 1993, Mr
Goryachev was chosen to represent his native city in the “Days of St.
Petersburg in Jerusalem†Festival, and in 1994 at the invitation of Vladimir
Spivakov, he performed at the “Festival International de Colmar†held in
memory of Andres Segovia in Colmar France.
Following a tour of Spain, Goryachev was invited to play for flamenco
legend, Paco de LucÃa, who soon after personally intervened in support of
his application for an American visa (subsequently awarded in the year 1997
on the basis of “Extraordinary Abilityâ€).
Since coming to the United States, Mr. Goryachev has
continued his lifelong love affair with flamenco while deepening his
involvement with the classical style. His repertoire now includes classical
solos, chamber music and guitar concertos and more than six hours of
flamenco solos by such composers as Paco de LucÃa, Vicente Amigo, Manolo
Sanlucar and others. As the flamenco repertoire is for the most part
unpublished, Mr. Goryachev has performed the somewhat incredible feat of
transcribing it all himself by ear from the recordings.
Grigory Goryachev began to play the guitar at the age of seven, studying
first with his father, Dmitry, an acknowledged master teacher of the
instrument. Since coming to the United States he has also performed in
master classes taught by Christopher Parkening, Manuel Barrueco , José MarÃa
Gallardo del Rey, Sharon Isbin and John Williams. At present he continues to
balance international concert obligations with study at the New England
Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he is earning his Doctor of Musical
Arts degree under American virtuoso, Eliot Fisk.
In May 2005 Mr. Goryachev received a special prize for the Best Performance
of Spanish Music at the VI International Classical Guitar Competition
"Julian Arcás" in AlmerÃa, Spain. As a winner of this prize, Mr. Goryachev
performed recitals in Spain at "Festival de Música Española de Cádiz" and
"Festival de Música de Jimena de la Frontera".
Grigory Goryachev was one of the 30 people to become a fellow of the
prestigious Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans in 2006. The
purpose of this special Fellowship is to provide opportunities for
continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve
leadership in their chosen fields.
In June 2006 Mr. Goryachev produced a new CD, Alma Flamenca, under VGo
Recordings label, which is available from online stores
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Grisha Goryachev - Alma Flamenca
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Grisha Goryachev - Homenage a Sabicas
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