Sophia Agranovich

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Indie Artist

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Sophia Agranovich

City & State

Springfield, NJ

Country

US

Music Genre(s):

Classical

Bio:

Visit http://sophiagranovich.com and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Agranovich.
Internationally acclaimed pianist, recording artist, educator and artistic director, Sophia Agranovich is “a bold, daring pianist in the tradition of the Golden Age Romantics…A tigress of the keyboard” - Fanfare. Her performances are captivating audiences by the “orison of uncommon beauty” - Audiophile, “interpretation that dares to be different”, “magnificent shading and superior musicianship” - American Record Guide.
A Steinway Artist, she has performed at famed venues in USA, Europe, Israel, and Canada. Recently she played solo recitals at the Pennautier Festival and Juan-les-Pins in France and was invited to China and Brazil. Among her venues are Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, Bargemusic, Salle Cortot, and Ehrbarsaal. She has collaborated with such prominent musicians as Mark Peskanov, Shlomo Mintz, Christopher Collins Lee, Andrew Litton, Alexander Mishnaevsky, Gregory Singer, Anatole Wieck, Rupam Sarmah, Kathleen Supove, award-winning Emmy, Grammy, and Billboard top 10 musical artists, and members of the major orchestras.
She is a First Prize winner of Ukrainian Young Artists Competition--now Mykola Lysenko International Competition-- and Bergen Philharmonic competitions, and is a recipient of 3 Gold and 10 Silver Medals by Global Music Awards, 2 Gold Medals by Prestige Music Awards, Winner of the IInd place in Piano Solo by the American Prize, Best Classical Album and Solo from Akademia Music Awards, 4 Best Classical Piano Albums by Clouzine International Music Awards, 4 Radio Music Awards, Best Classical Recording and Hall of Fame by Indie Music Channel, 4 Platinum, 3 Gold and Instrumentalist of the Year awards by LIT International Talent Awards, Best Classical Album by One World Music Radio, Steinway Top Teacher Award, Industry Leader and Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Awards, and more. Her recordings and live concerts are broadcast on major stations worldwide, most recently in Brazil, Germany, England, Italy, New Zealand, Japan, Israel, Canada, WMNR Fine Arts Radio, NPR WLPR-FM “Art on the Air”, WQXR Greene Space live with Elliott Forrest, WWFM “Between the Keys” with Jed Distler, WWFM “Piano Matters” and WQXR “Reflections from the Keyboard” with David Dubal.

Ms. Agranovich holds Bachelor and Master Degrees from the Juilliard School where she had a full scholarship and Fellowship teaching Piano Minor at Juilliard. She continued Doctoral studies at Columbia University. Her professors at Juilliard were legendary Sascha Gorodnitzki and Nadia Reisenberg.

Sophia Agranovich is an esteemed pedagogue and adjudicator and is a recipient of numerous teaching awards. Her students are winning top prizes in regional, national and international competitions. Ms. Agranovich is listed in “Who’s Who in America” and “Who’s Who in the World”. She is a voting member of NARAS, Artistic Director of classical music series at the Watchung Arts Center and Program Chair of Music Educators Association of New Jersey.

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