A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, Grisha Goryachev is one of few guitarists in the world who is reviving the tradition of solo flamenco guitar in a concert setting that was practiced by legendary flamenco masters such as Ramón Montoya and Sabicas. Following his debut at the age of nine, Goryachev enjoyed an extensive career as a child prodigy, performing regularly before large audiences in the most prestigious concert halls of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Minsk, Riga, and other major cities in the then Soviet Union.
In 1991, Goryachev was awarded second prize in the Danny Kaye International Childrens Awards held in The Hague, Netherlands. Later that same year, Goryachev was invited to perform at the UN headquarters in New York City and directly thereafter, toured Scandinavia. In 1994, at the invitation of Vladimir Spivakov, he performed at the Festival International de Colmar held in memory of Andres Segovia in Colmar, France. In May 2005 Goryachev received a special prize for the “Best Performance of Spanish Music” at the VI International Classical Guitar Competition “Julian Arcás” in Almería, Spain.
Goryachev was invited to play for flamenco legend, Paco de Lucía, who soon after personally intervened in support of his application for an American visa, which was subsequently awarded in the year 1997 on the basis of Extraordinary Ability, and he received his Bachelor, Master and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
Grisha Goryachev has recorded two CDs, “Alma Flamenca” and “Homenaje a Sabicas” and his YouTube videos have collected over two million views.
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