Katya Grineva standing beside a Steinway grand piano on the stage of Carnegie Hall, before an empty hall of warm gold panelling

Katya Grineva

“Liquid, dreamlike…”

The New York Times

For Katya Grineva, music is more than performance. It is a universal language capable of touching hearts, bridging differences, and inspiring hope.

Her story

She reaches an audience through subtlety, never force.

Katya Grineva in a coral gown beside the piano, holding a single red rose

Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Katya Grineva has captivated audiences across the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, South America, Mexico, Asia, and beyond with her extraordinary musical sensitivity, poetic expression, and effortless virtuosity.

A Steinway Artist and celebrated interpreter of the Romantic repertoire, she has earned a distinguished place in the international classical music world. Her performances are marked by a rare combination of vulnerability, poignancy, and expressive depth, drawing listeners into what has been described as the beautiful, almost dreamlike world of her music.

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Hear her live

You can hear her this week

Concerts and tickets

Announced concerts

  • Sunday, December 27

    24th Annual Carnegie Hall Holiday Concert

    Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, New York, NY . 2 p.m.

Every week

  • Monday

    8:00 PM ET

    Live on Zoom

  • Saturday

    2:00 PM ET

    Live on Zoom. That is 7:00 PM in the UK, 8:00 PM in Europe.

  • Most Sundays, in person

    Her Woodstock studio

    Tickets on the Concerts page.

Photographs

On stage, and off it

All 45 photographs

On stage

Where she has played

  • Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium
  • Avery Fisher Hall, New York
  • Salle Gaveau, Paris
  • Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
  • The Music Hall, Tarrytown
  • Laurier Society, Paris
1993
American debut, with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
1998
a Steinway Artist since
2006
honored with the Gusi Peace Prize
2026
the Royal Mumbai Opera House and the Royal Palace in Udaipur

Katya Concerts for Kids

$100 sends one child to the concert hall for the first live music they have ever heard.

The foundation she established brings underserved children into grand concert halls and into their own school gymnasiums, where they discover they belong in beautiful spaces. Every gift is tax-deductible.

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