Gregory Maytan, Violin

Great Lakes Performing Artist Associates

415 N. 4th Ave

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734.665.4029

greatlakespaa.org

Gregory Maytan has been praised by The Strad for his ‘infectious vitality,’ ‘lyrical

freshness,’ and ‘sparkling energy’. Other reviewers of his records and concerts have

noted his ‘brilliant playing’ (Jacobsson, HiFI magazine) and his ‘heart- racing

excitement and verve’ (Scott, Strings Magazine); he has been praised as ‘a

technically extraordinarily well-versed violinist’ (Loskant, Nordseezeitung), and

also for ‘his lovely, deep and profound sound’ (Hultman, Vasterbottens Kuririen).

His recent ‘confident’ performance of the Beethoven Violin

Concerto was described as ‘vigorous and intelligent’ and ‘beautifully expressed and

nuanced’ (Sparks, Commercial Appeal). The BBC Radio 3 played and discussed his

CD for 16 minutes and Hifi Magazine just selected his Maier CD as the ‘best CD of the

year’.

Maytan performs regularly as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician and has

performed extensively in Europe and the US. He has performed chamber music with

the likes of Dylana Jenson, Bernt Lysell and Mathias Tacke (Vermeer quartet). He

has also performed as a soloist in the Paganini and Tchaikovsky concertos in tours

throughout China, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia under conductors such as Dennis

Russell-Davies, Raymond Harvey and Evind Gullberg-Jensen. An avid chamber

musician, he has participated in the Belvedere Chamber Music Festival in Memphis,

TN; the Grumo festival in Italy, the Korsholm festival in Finland, the CICA festival in

Eureka Springs, AR and Taipei, Taiwan; and the Sagatuck Chamber Music Festival in

Sagatuck, MI. He has performed at venues such as Ravinia, Tanglewood, and the

Chicago Cultural Center and has performed solo recitals twice on Chicago Public

Radio as part of the Dame Myra Hess series.

Maytan’s first CD, consisting of music from his native Scandinavia, was selected by

The Strad as the top recital CD of April 2009 and highly praised by Strings Magazine

and the American Record Guide. He other recordings include the sonatas of Faure,

Franck, and the Chausson Poeme, as well as other Scandinavian music. Most

recently, he has recorded a CD featuring the violin concerto by Amanda Maier

(1853-94) together with the Helsingborg Symphony, as well as several other

previously unrecorded chamber works. Maytan is likely the first violinist ever to

record the complete works for violin by Amanda Maier.

He has participated in the International Chamber Music Festival in Vienna, Austria,

where he was a featured prize winner, and he has been awarded significant cash

awards in the Swedish Royal Academy’s competition for post-graduate violinists

during the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. He has performed and toured with

numerous orchestras, and his concerts have been broadcast on radio and television

in the U.S. and Europe. He has also himself participated in masterclasses with

Zakhar Bron, Leonidas Kavakos, and Michela Martin.

During the 2015–16 year Maytan was on a sabbatical leave in order to focus more

on his performing activities. The highlight of the year was recording a CD with

works by the Swedish composer Amanda Maier. Other events during Maytan’s

sabbatical year include guest teaching

Gregory Maytan, Violin

Great Lakes Performing Artist Associates

415 N. 4th Ave

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734.665.4029

greatlakespaa.org

and performing at the Sydney Conservatory and the University of Auckland, New

Zealand, as well as multiple performances of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the

Kalamazoo Philharmonia in Michigan and the Memphis Repertory Orchestra in

Tennessee.

Maytan is a member of the musical ensemble Luna Nova. He also maintains a regular

collaboration with his outstanding pianists, Chi-Chen Wu, Nicole Lee and Daniel

Beskow. During the summer of 2014 Maytan presented a series of 16 concerts

throughout Sweden through the agency Motile, performing in such venues as the

main concert hall at Norrlandsoperan in Umea, Sweden. He has served as guest

concertmaster of the Vasteras Sinfonietta, the Northwest Indiana Symphony, the

West Michigan Symphony and the Illinois Symphony Orchestra and is permanent

concertmaster of the Battle Creek Symphony. Maytan has also performed as

concertmaster and section leader for legendary conductors Kurt Masur and

Christoph Von Dohnanyi at Tanglewood.

Projects for the 2016-17 include performing the Maier concerto with the

Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra as well as the with the Kent Philharmonia,

performing the first set in a series of all the Beethoven Violin Sonatas with pianist

Chi-Chen Wu and performing the Bach Chaonne together with singers singing

hidden chorales as researched by Helga Thoene. Maytan was recently accepted as a

Fulbright Specialist Roaster Candidate.

He earned his doctorate in violin performance from the Indiana University Jacobs

School of Music in Bloomington, where he studied with the renowned violinists

Miriam Fried and Paul Biss. He is currently performing on a violin from 1683 made

by Giovanni Grancino, on loan from the Jarnaker Foundation administered by the

Swedish Royal Academy of Music.

REVIEWS

“Maytan... plays with lyrical freshness and infectious vitality... Listening to his

impassioned performance, he clearly believes in every note” - The Strad

“very musical, knows how to bring the simplest melody to life” - American Record

Guide

“The Allegro molto vivace... is executed [by Maytan] with heart-racing excitement

and verve... Maytan taps into the newness [of the Grieg sonata] and creates a

wonderful aura about this piece, bringing it freshness and clarity.” - Strings

Magazine

“This CD is both a revelation and a trip of performances of great artistry... [Maytan]

coaxes from his instrument a powerful, warm sound in all registers. [Maytan plays]

with perfect intonation... and great expression, from the most tender phrases to the

most passionate, dramatic ones.”- Classical Voice of North Carolina

“a technically extraordinarily well-versed violinist” - Nordseezeitung, Bremerhaven

[Maytan] “has a lovely, deep and profound sound in long passages and cantilenas [in

the Paganini concerto]... he is in command of demanding left-hans work... and

dazzling doublestops

and harmonics.” - Vasterbottens Kuriren, Umea

Gregory Maytan, Violin

Great Lakes Performing Artist Associates

415 N. 4th Ave

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734.665.4029

greatlakespaa.org

[Maytan's] “vigorous and intelligent interpretation [of the Beethoven Violin

Concerto] was beautifully expressed and nuanced.” - The Commercial Appeal,

Memphis

“exquisite interpretations” - Dagens Nyheter“Gregory Maytan plays extremely well

in the [Maier] concerto” - Hifi Magazine

Gregory Maytan, Violin

Great Lakes Performing Artist Associates

415 N. 4th Ave

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734.665.4029

greatlakespaa.org