News and Events – 2023

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January

  • Sophia Agranovich is a recipient of a Steinway Top Teacher Award
  • Sophia Agranovich is a recipient of the Gold award for the Best Classical Recording at One Earth Awards 2023

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January 1 at 7 PM

Sophia Agranovich is one of the featured artists at NPR WLPR-FM “Art on the Air” – Interview and performance

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January 25 at 10 PM and January 29 at 12 PM

Sophia Agranovich is one of the featured artists at “Piano Matters” with David Dubal on WWFM.ORG – The Classical Network

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February 12 and forward – ‘Lite Lounge with Dimitri K.’

Participating in the Valentine’s Day show on multiple US and international radio stations

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February 16 at 10 PM – “Cadenza” with David Osenberg

Sophia Agranovich is a featured artist at the “Cadenza” with David Osenberg at WWFM.ORG – The Classical Network

It is archived and can be listened to on demand at

https://www.wwfm.org/show/cadenza-with-david-osenberg.

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Spring 2023

Sophia Agranovich is selected as one of the official mentors of GrammyU program – Recording Academy (Grammys – NARAS)

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March 20 – Sophia Agranovich is nominated for her album “Franz Liszt: Rhapsodies, Etudes and Transcriptions” for the Best Classical Album and “Peace and Joy” with Rupam Sarmah feat. Tamra Garrett for the Best Neo Classical Single by the One World Music Awards in their 10 year anniversary

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March 22 – Sophia Agranovich is interviewed by Kabir Sehgal

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March 28 – Sophia Agranovich won Best Classical Artist and Best Classical Recording from Indie Music Channel Radio Music Awards

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April 1 at 3 PM – Willow Grove Presbyterian Church, Scotch Plains, New Jersey

Recital in the honor of the 150-th Birthday anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff

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May 8 – Westfield, New Jersey

Solo recital

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May 11 – Chase Auditorium, Madison, New Jersey

Recital

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May 14 – “Lite Lounge with Dimitri K.” – “Music Resonance!”

Sophia Agranovich is one of the featured performers

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May 20 – Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, New Jersey

Solo recital

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June 8 – Siemenski Theater, Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Solo recital

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June 24 at 7 PM – Vienna, Austria

Solo recital

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June 10 2023

Sophia Agranovich with Rupam Sarmah are recipients of 2 Sliver Medals for Outstanding Achievement in Creativity/Originality and Experimental categories at the Global Music Awards 2023

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July 11 – Siemenski Theater, Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Solo recital

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July 29  – Indie Music Channel

Nominations for the Best Instrumental Artist and Best Classical Recording

Induction to The Indie Music Hall of Fame 2023

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August 4 at 7 PM – Bargemusic, Brooklyn, New York

Solo recital

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September 3 – Sophia Agranovich won Best Classical Recording category from Indie Music Channel Awards 2023. She is inducted to the Indie Hall of Fame

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September 4 – Sophia Agranovich  is an inductee to the Akademia Hall of Fame 2024

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Septemer 13 – Lite Longe with Dimitri K. “Diversity of Life and Music” – September 13, 2023

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September 16 at 7 PM – Concerti Del Tempietto, Rome, Italy

Solo recital

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September – “Love Serenade” awards:

Winner of the Clouzine International Music Awards – Best Instrumental Recording, Fall 2023

2x Winner of the Global Music Awards – Outstanding Achievement: Concept and Creativity/Originality

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October Awards

Sophia Agranovich is selected as one of the official GrammyU mentors by the Recording Academy (Grammys – NARAS) for 2023-2024

Sophia Agranovich is a winner of InterContinental Music Awards 2023 – Best Instrumentalist 

Sophia Agranovich is a recipient of the 2nd Gold award for the Best Contemporary Instrumental Solo at One Earth Awards 2023

Sophia Agranovich & Rupam Sarmah received Best Instrumental Song (“Love Serenade”) award from The Akademia Music Awards

Sophia Agranovich & Rupam Sarmah received Best Ambient Song (“Love Serenade”) award from The Clouzine International Music Awards

Sophia Agranovich is the Nominee for Best Classical Album and Best Classical Artist in 2023 “World Entertainment Awards”

Sophia Agranovich won 3 Platinum awards from LIT Talents Awards for “Album Leaf: Paino Works by  Felix Mendelssohn”: Best Classical Album, Best Classical Pianist and Best Classical Music

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October 3 – Interview in “Music I Am” by Aaron Larget-Kaplan

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October 11 at 1:30 PM – First Presbyterian Church, Westfield, NJ

Recital

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October 22 at 3 PM – Willow Grove Church, Scotch Plains, NJ

Recital

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November 3 – New CD/mp3/streaming album release

Album Leaf – Piano Works by Felix Mendelssohn

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November 13 – “Mixing It with Nicki Chris”

Interview and performance

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December 2 at 6 PM – Solo concert presented by the Steinway Gallery, Paramus, NJ

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