Cliburn Junior 2015 Gregory Martin Preliminary Round

First Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival June 21–28, 2015 • TCU Fort Worth, TX, USA Program: BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, op. 7: I. Allegro molto e con brio TCHAIKOVSKY Dumka in C Minor, op. 59 LISZT Paganini Etude No. 6 in A Minor Born in Houston, Gregory Martin began piano lessons at age 4 while in California. At age 7, he performed with a chamber group of the Colorado Symphony, and has since also appeared with the New Mexico, Albuquerque, San Juan Four Corners, Omsky, and Yaroslavsky Academic Symphony Orchestras, among others. He has studied at the Central School of Music at the Moscow State Conservatory since 2011, under the guidance of Mikhail Voskresensky and Andrei Diev. Gregory made his Carnegie Hall debut as part of the Golden Key Music Festival in 2007, and has also participated in the Vladimir Spivakov International Festival “Moscow Meets Friends,” PianoTexas International Academy and Festival, Euro Music Festival in Germany, and Summer Music Studies in Urbino,