Project Description

Gregory Martin
American-born pianist Gregory Martin’s life in music has been filled with performance opportunities throughout the globe.
His primary pedagogical studies were as a young pianist in Moscow, Russia. This opportunity served to ignite his passion for Russian, German, and Polish music, and offered him the opportunity to perform internationally from a young age.
While in Russia, Gregory studied with Mikhail Voskresensky, Irina Plotnikova, and Andrei Diev. Currently, he studies under Robert Roux at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Gregory is a prizewinner of many competitions around the globe including the Grand Prize in the Jackie McGehee Young Artists’ Competition. Examples of his performances with symphony orchestras include Fort Worth, New Mexico, and the Moscow City Symphony Orchestras. Gregory’s main goal is to bring peace and to unite and inspire people worldwide through his musical performances.
Virtual First Round
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870
Chopin: Études Op. 25: No. 1 in A-flat Major, “Aeolian Harp”; No. 4 in a minor, “Paganini”
Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C Major, “Waldstein,” Op. 53
I. Allegro con brio
II. Introduzione. Adagio molto
III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato—Prestissimo
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in g minor, Op. 23, No. 5
In-Person Second Round
Carl Vine: Resolve
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Promenade
I. The Gnome
Promenade (Second)
II. The Old Castle
Promenade (Third)
III. Tuileries (Children’s Quarrel After Games)
IV. Cattle
Promenade (Fourth)
V. Ballet of Unhatched Chicks
VI. “Samuel” Goldenberg and “Schmuÿle”
Promenade (Fifth)
VII. Limoges. The Market (The Great News)
VIII. Catacombs (Roman Tombs)—With the Dead in a Dead Language
IX. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba Yaga)
X. The Bogatyr Gates (The Great Gate of Kiev)
Tchaikovsky-Pletnev: Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a
I. March
II. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
III. Tarantella
IV. Intermezzo
V. Trepak
VI. Chinese Dance
VII. Pas de Deux
Semifinal Round – Chamber Music
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in d minor, Op. 108
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
IV. Presto agitato
Final Round
Prokofiev: Concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 16
I. Andantino—Allegretto
II. Scherzo: Vivace
III. Intermezzo: Allegro moderato
IV. Finale: Allegro tempestoso