The Ippolitov-Ivanov Piano Quartet ( Irina Grayfer( piano), Elena Ivanova (violin), Olga Kogan (viola), Sergey Ananich (violoncello)) is nowdays considered one of the young chamber ensembles of Moscow. Its members have the post-graduate education of Moscow Conservatory under the guide of Prof. Bonduriansky.

A first success for the quartet came in 2004 at the Maria Yudina International Competition in Saint-Petersburg(2nd Prize) , and then in 2006 the quartet won the 3rd Prize laureate of the 5th International Stays Vainiunas Piano and Chamber Ensemble Competition in Vilnius.

Their repertoire is really large and includes classical literature, written for a quartet. Some of the modern composers wrote works especially for the Ippolitov-Ivanov Piano Quartet. The musician had the first public performances of B. Martinu, J. Suk, L. Ferdinand, A. Malcys, F. Sofronow, and V. Panin in Russia.

The Ippolitov-Ivanov Piano Quartet playing from the 2001 and now they have a good technique, along with a deep musical culture. The Piano Quartet has performed extensively in Moscow, in other city of Russia and tours abroad, where has got everywhere a great success of the audience.

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