Emil Gryesten

Emil will be a judge in the Danish Steinway Piano Competition, which takes place in Aarhus Concert Hall on May 14th. More

In July-August 2022 Emil will appear at a couple of classical music summer festivals:

Nordisk Kammermusikfestival in Hillerød, Denmark – solo recital 27/7, programme including Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition.

Odsherred Kammermusikfestival, Denmark, 31/7-5/8 – a series of chamber music concerts with various musicians.

Together with the Artos String Quartet and tenor Jens Krogsgaard, Emil will present a varied programme including Beethoven’s song cycle An die ferne Geliebte, the piano sonata op. 110, and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ song cycle On Wenlock Edge, which will be performed at two festivals:

May 13 at Søholm Kammermusikweekend, Samsø, Denmark

May 23 at Artos Festival, Aarhus, Denmark

One of the highlights of the 21-22 season will be an appearance as a soloist with South Denmark Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto no. 1 on January 27th in the Alsion Concert Hall, Sonderborg.

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Together with musicologist Thomas Solak, Emil is carrying out a project in Artistc Research at the Royal Danish Academy of Music from August 2021 to September 2023.
Gryesten and Solak’s project “Beethoven Reconstructed” focuses on Beethoven’s late piano sonatas and Schenkerian analysis and will be presented through CD recordings, a series of lecture concerts, and several articles in international journals.
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On the new album released on Danacord, Emil performs works for cello and piano by Alfred Schnittke together with cellist Carl-Oscar Østerlind.

The CD can be purchased here and will soon be available on online streaming platforms: