Eduard Grach - RMS new classical music collection!

Sept. 22, 2011 - PRLog -- The RMS has just released the new digital, classical music, collection of the famous virtuoso violinist and conductor, Popular Artist of Russia, Eduard Grach and his wonderful orchestra, “Moskovia”. The collection includes such classical masterpieces as: Tchaikovsky “Serenade for strings” and Sextet “Souvenir of Florence”, Bizet-Shchedrin "Carmen Suite", Paganini “Perpetum Mobile”, Rossini, Schoenberg, Piazolla “Four Seasons in Buenos Aires”, Strauss “Die Fledermaus Overture”, “Fruhlingsstimmen”, “pizzicato-polka” and many others. The whole collection is available on http://itunes.apple.com/ie/artist/eduard-grach/id93571356, as well as on www.RussianMusicSociety.com, Amazon.com and eMusic.

Eduard Grach – violinist, teacher, conductor
Violinist, People’s Artist of the USSR.
Born in 1930. Studied in Odessa under V. Mordkovich and P. Stolyarsky. During WWII, E. Grach lived in the evacuation area in Novosibirsk where he attended the class of I. Gutman. Later on, he continued his education in the Central Music School and in Moscow Conservatory in Yampolsky’s class. During his postgraduate years, he received master classes held by D. Oistrakh.
Edward Grach became the first interpreter of many works by contemporary composers, including works for violin by Eshpai, concerti and pieces by Babadjanian, Krein, Rakov, Khachaturian, and Shchedrin.
The year 1979 saw his debut as a conductor, and after a while Edward Grach became Head of the Chamber Orchestra of Mari SSR. Since 1989, he has been teaching at the Moscow State Conservatory. E. Grach has educated over 40 graduates. Of them, 25 became prizewinners in international and pan-Russian competitions. In 1995, 2002 and 2003 the expert committee of the “Muzykalnoye Obozreniye” newspaper dubbed Edward Grach the “Best Teacher of Russia.”
Juror and President of jury for several international competitions. Holds regular master classes in Germany, Israel, England, France, the Netherlands, the USA, Hungary, China, Korea, and Taiwan.
In 1996, Edward Grach organized the A.I. Yampolsky International Violin Competition that is held in Penza and became its President. The Government of the Russian Federation awarded E. Grach the Order of “National Merit”. Honorary member of the Italian Monti Azzuri Academy. Honorary professor of the Shanghai Conservatory.
Prizewinner of international Competitions:
•   1949: First Prize winner in the B. Bartok Competition (Budapest);
•   1955: The M. Long and J. Thibaud International Competition (Paris);
•   1962: The P. I. Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow).
Edward Grach performed with: pianists G. Ginsburg, S. Neuhaus, B. Davidovich, Y. Svetlanov, and Y. Malinin; violinists I. Bezrodny, V. Zhouk, R. Fein, and M. Yashvili; cellists S. Knushevitsky and N. Shakhovskaya; clavecinist A. Volkonsky; singer Z. Dolukhanova; organists G. Grodberg and O. Yanchenko; guitarist A. Ivanov-Kramskoy; and oboe player A. Lyubimov. From 1965, played in a piano trio with Y. Malinin and N. Shakhovskaya.

“Eduard Grach’s extensive discography has replenished with one more magnificent album, which for certain will draw attention of music fans. His recordings, as good books, are recordings to which it would be always desirable to come back.”
Evgeny Epstein
The Honored Artist of Russia

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