Vyacheslav Gryaznov

Vyacheslav Gryaznov is a concert pianist and arranger, author of more than 40 concert arrangements. He has earned a reputation as one of the most remarkable young arrangers working today. In 2014, Gryaznov signed a publishing contract with Schott Music, the youngest Russian in their history to do so.

His most recent recording from 2021, Western Transcriptions, on the Master Performers label, joins his album of Russian Transcriptions on the Steinway & Sons label, released in 2018 as part of his first prize at the New York Concert Artists global audition (2016). The new album is available worldwide on major streaming platforms.

Vyacheslav Gryaznov is a laureate of international competitions in Italy, Ukraine, Denmark, Georgia, Japan, and Russia (including six first prizes and grand prizes). Frequently invited to international festivals, the pianist has toured extensively in Europe, the CIS, Africa, Japan, the United States, and throughout Russia.

He graduated with honors from the Central Music School of the Moscow State Conservatory, where he studied with Professor Manana Kandelaki. He continued his undergraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Professor Yuri Slesarev), where he again graduated with honors. He continued his studies at the Moscow Conservatory as a postgraduate student and was a member of the teaching staff of the piano department at the Moscow Conservatory. In 2018, he completed the Artist Diploma program at Yale University under the guidance of Professor Boris Berman of the Yale School of Music. He is an artist with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and an artist-in-residence with the Drozdoff Society in the United States.