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Vyacheslav Gryaznov

Russian pianist

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Source revisionMay 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ16729471 ↗
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Vyacheslav Gryaznov (Russian: Вячеслав Грязнов; born 15 January 1982) is a Russian classical pianist and arranger. His diverse repertoire ranges from Baroque figures such as Domenico Scarlatti to Russian composers and more recent music. He is particularly well known for his many piano transcriptions of older masterworks.

Life and career

Vyacheslav Gryaznov was born on 15 January 1982 in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on Sakhalin island, then a part of the Russian SFSR in the Soviet Union. Gryaznov was musically talented from an early age; his parents moved to Moscow for his music education.

In 2006, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Yuri Slesarev and post-graduate studies in 2009. Since 2008, he has held the position of teaching assistant in the Piano Department of the Moscow Conservatory. Beginning with the 2008/2009 concert season, V. Gryaznov has belonged to the Moscow Philharmonic Society which represents him in Russia. Since 2012, he has worked as a visiting professor of piano at Kurashiki Sakuyo University of Science and Arts in Japan. In 2014 Vyacheslav signed a contract with Schott Music, the leading publisher for classical and contemporary music.

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