Alexei Grynyuk was born in Kyiv , Ukraine , and completed his studies at the Special Music School and Kyiv Conservatoire under Natalia Gridneva and Prof. Valery Kozlov. In 1996 he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Prof. Hamish Milne. From the age of thirteen – when he won the first prize at the Dyagilev All-Soviet-Union Music Competition in Moscow – Alexei has had many successes at international competitions, most recently winning first prizes at the Vladimir Horowitz International Competition in Kyiv and the Shanghai International Competition in China .

Alexei has been highly acclaimed in the press worldwide, giving numerous recitals and concerto performances with orchestras. He has performed in the most of European countries, USA, Morocco, Mexico and Japan, and has been broadcast on the Ukrainian National Radio and Television, the Gdansk Radio (Poland), Russian Television ‘Ostankino', Moroccan Television, Frankfurt-am-Main Radio (Germany), WGBH Radio (USA) and Chinese Television. The venues included Wigmore Hall and South Bank Centre in London, Salle Cortot and Salle Gaveau in Paris, The Great Hall of Moscow Conservatoire. Also Alexei has appeared in many international festivals, such as Chopin Festival in Duszniki (Poland), Newport Music Festival (USA), Musical Kremlin (Moscow), Music and More (Malta), Festival ‘Cervantino' (Mexico). Alexei's concert activities are constantly growing. His near-future engagements include recitals at the South Bank Centre, London, and in the piano series at the Metropolitan Museum in New York among many others.

Alexei is a Member of the Artistic Committee of the Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition. Alexei Grynyuk Website