HISTORY

British pianist Dorian Griner experienced his first encounter with piano in a musical family of Czech and German extraction. He began his piano studies under the supervision of his mother Bozena Griner, herself an accomplished pianist and professor of piano in “Mokraniatz” Music School in Belgrade. She graduated from Moscow Conservatoire, having studied piano with legendary Heinrich Neuhaus, who had Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels as his closest students.

Dorian inherited his passion for piano from his mother, which later was developing into an individualistic, poetic approach, distinctively favoring repertoire from Romantic periods.

His maternal grandparents are proud recipients of Yad Vashem Certificate of Honour.

His arrival and living in the UK was made possible thanks to generous help and support of his mother’s close friends, a distinguished doctor Gerry Low-Beer and Anna Rosnowsky, violinist, member of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra.

2001
DG entered the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he obtained his Master’s degree studying piano with the acclaimed pianist and Professor Artur Pizarro, song accompaniment with Eugene Asti and classical improvisation with David Dolan.

2004
Concerts for Polish Cultural Institute and Fraternity of Artists, concert for Norwegian Ambassador, organized by Mr. Roy Baker and Grieg Society UK, private recitals for HRH Duke of Kent, organized by Barbara Kaczmarowska Hamilton, herself renowned artist and Jackie Rosenfeld OBE, an eminent patron of music life in London.

2005-2006
By the invitation of Professor Peter Feuchtwanger and Gillian Humphreys of Concordia Foundation, Dorian performed at St. James’s Church, Piccadilly, St. Martin-In-The-Fields and St. Olave’s Church, London.

2006-2007
Recitals for Bedford Park Music Society - Chiswick, Orpheus Club – Ealing, Chopin Society in Kensington and Bluthner Piano Centre Ltd, London

2008
Highly acclaimed Wigmore Hall recital debut, review from Musical Opinion -
Dorian Griner at the Wigmore | Article from Musical Opinion | HighBeam Research

2009
Dorian`s recording of Bach Chorale Preludes from Wigmore Hall recital has been exclusively broadcast on Munich Radio Lora, with personal introduction by Jan Bertram in January 2009.

2010
Recitals at Bluthner Piano Centre Ltd & Steinway Hall London, VIP Charity Auction for Haiti at Tapeley Park Manor, Devon, St.Barnabas Church Lunchtime Series, London.