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Slava Grigoryan
Australian musician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Slava Grigoryan (born 21 January 1976 in Soviet Kazakhstan) is an Australian classical guitarist and recording artist. He frequently collaborates and performs with his younger brother, fellow guitarist Leonard Grigoryan, performing as the Grigoryan Brothers.
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Early life and career
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Slava Grigoryan was born in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic to violinists Eduard and Irina Grigoryan. The Armenian family emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, when he was 4 years old.[2] Eduard Grigoryan gave his sons Slava and Leonard early guitar lessons. At the age of 12, Slava Grigoryan played the instrument professionally. He pursued classical music and studied at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. In 1993, he won the Tokyo International Classical Guitar Competition. Grigoryan signed with Sony Music Entertainment in 1995 for whom he released four solo albums.
He changed labels to ABC Classics in 2001 and subsequently released another solo album and an album recorded with his younger brother, Leonard. Frequent collaborators, the pair perform as Grigoryan Brothers and have released five albums, all of which have been nominated for ARIA Awards.[3] In 2014 Grigoryan Brothers released This Time which has been well reviewed.[4][5] Some of their previous releases include The Seasons and Distance.[6]
Grigoryan also joined with fellow Australian musicians Anthony Field, Karin Schaupp and Gareth Koch to release albums under the group name Saffire. Field was later replaced by Leonard (see Saffire article).
He has been artistic director of the Adelaide Guitar Festival since 2010.[7][8]
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Personal life
Grigoryan has two children Isabella and Paolo from his first marriage.[1] He married cellist Sharon Draper in December 2016[9] and their son Sebastian was born in July 2018.[1]
Discography
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Awards and recognition
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In addition to his achievement in the Tokyo International Classical Guitar Competition, he has won a number of awards including Young Australian of the Year for the Arts in 1998, the Mo award for Instrumentalist of the Year in 2001.
In 2000 he appeared as a soloist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and was part of the 2000 Sydney Olympics Arts Festival.[13]
AIR Awards
The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.
ARIA Awards
The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually from 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Slava Grigoryan won his first ARIA Music Award for Sonatas & Fantasies in 2002. In total, he has won four.[19][20]
Mo Awards
The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Slava Grigoryan won two awards in that time.[24]
South Australian Music Awards
The South Australian Music Awards (previously known as the Fowler's Live Music Awards) are annual awards that exist to recognise, promote and celebrate excellence in the South Australian contemporary music industry. They commenced in 2012.[25]
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