Internationally
acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and educator, Sophia
Agranovichis “a bold, daring pianist in the tradition of
the Golden Age Romantics…A tigress of the keyboard” - Fanfare. Her performances are captivating audiences bythe “orison of uncommon beauty” - Audiophile, “the extraordinary dramatic urgency”, “the ideal balance she achieves between the intellectual and the
emotional” - Fanfare,“interpretation
that dares to be different”, “magnificent shading and superior musicianship”
- American Record Guide.
A
Steinway Artist, Ms. Agranovich has performed in USA, Europe, Israel, and
Canada. Among her numerous venues are Avery Fisher Hall, Bruno Walter
Auditorium and Paul Hall at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall,
Roerich and Metropolitan museums, Steinway Hall, and Bargemusic, all in New
York City, Salle Cortot in Paris, Ehrbarsaal in Vienna, Rubin Academy of Music
in Tel-Aviv, Watchung Arts Center in New Jersey, Kiev Tchaikovsky National Academy
of Music and Lvov State Conservatory. Recently she performed solo recitals at
the Pennautier Festival and Juan-les-Pins in France and was invited to China. Ms.
Agranovich has collaborated with prominent musicians as Mark Peskanov, Shlomo
Mintz, Christopher Collins Lee, Andrew Litton, Alexander Mishnaevsky, Gregory
Singer, Anatole Wieck, Kathleen Supove, and members of the major orchestras.
Sophia
Agranovich’s discography received outstanding reviews and includes ‘Romantic
Virtuoso Masterpieces’ (works by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Scriabin -
2010), ‘Franz Liszt - Bicentennial Tribute’ (‘Un Sospiro’, ‘La Campanella’,
Rhapsodie Espagnole, Sonata in b minor - 2012); ‘Passion and Fantasy’
(Beethoven: ‘Appassionata’, Chopin: Fantaisie and Sonata in b minor - 2014);
Brahms-Paganini Variations books I and II, Schumann: Symphonic Etudes,
Schumann-Liszt: ‘Widmung’ – 2014; Schubert: ‘Wanderer’ Fantasie and Chopin: 4
Ballades – 2015; Schumann: Carnaval and Fantasie – 2016; Chopin:
Polonaise-Fantaisie and Nocturne Op. 48 No.1, Liszt: 3 Sonnetti del Petrarca,
‘Dante’ Sonata, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14 – 2018; Chopin: Sonata in B-flat
Minor, 4 Scherzi, Polonaise ‘Héroïque’ – 2020; ‘In Celebration of 250th Anniversary of
Beethoven’: Fantasie Op. 77, Sonatas ‘Pathétique’,
‘Moonlight’, ‘Tempest’ - 2021. Some of her awards are a Gold Medal and six
Silver Medals from Global Music Awards, two Gold Medals from Prestige Music
Awards, Best Classical Solo from Akademia Music Awards, 2 Best Classical Piano
Albums from Clouzine International Music Awards, Radio Music Award and Hall of
Fame from Indie Music Channel, Industry Leader, Top Professional and Albert
Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Awards. Her recordings and live
performances are broadcast worldwide, most recently in Brazil on Universidade
FM 106.9 “Company of the Music”, in Canada on CKWR ‘Women in Music’, and in New
York on WWFM ‘Piano Matters’, WQXR Greene Space, and WQXR ‘Reflections from the
Keyboard’ with David Dubal.
A
native of Ukraine, Sophia Agranovich won the Ukrainian Young Artists
Competition at ten, being the youngest participant. At thirteen, she performed
complete Concerto in E minor by Chopin in Chernovtsy, Lvov and Kiev. Her
concerts were broadcasted on national TV and radio stations since she was six.
Her teachers in Ukraine were professors Anna Stolarevich and Alexander Edelman,
peers of Vladimir Horowitz at the Kiev Conservatory in the class of Felix
Blumenfeld and later - disciples of Heinrich Neuhaus at the Moscow
Conservatory. At fifteen, Ms. Agranovich entered the Juilliard School in New
York City as a student of legendary professor Sascha Gorodnitzki. She also
studied there with the eminent Nadia Reisenberg. a disciple of the St.
Petersburg piano school of Leonid Nikolaev and student of Hofmann and Alexander
Lambert - student of Franz Liszt. Ms. Agranovich earned Bachelor and Master
Degrees from the Juilliard School, holding full scholarship and a Fellowship
teaching Piano Minor at Juilliard, and won a First Prize in the Bergen Philharmonic
Competition. She continued studies towards her Doctorate at the Columbia
University, but deferred that pursuit to raise a family.
Sophia Agranovich is
an esteemed pedagogue, lecturer, master class clinician, adjudicator, and is a
recipient of numerous teaching awards. Her students are consistently winning
top prizes in regional, national and international competitions and are
performing at prestigious venues. Ms. Agranovich is active member of various
professional music organizations, listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who
in the World, a voting member of NARAS, Artistic Director of ‘Classicals at the
Circle’ music series at the Watchung Arts Center, Program Chair and Board member of Music
Educators Association of New Jersey.
Visit http://sophiagranovich.com.