Mr. Grigassy studied with Adam Holzman at the University of Texas (Austin), earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree (1996) in classical guitar. Mr. Grigassy then received his Master's Degree (1998) in Classical Guitar from the New England Conservatory in Boston, under the tutelage of world-renown guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk.
Mr. Grigassy is skilled in many forms of music. Having traveled to Central and South America, he has absorbed various Latin American styles of guitar playing, including Mariachi, Bolero, Pasillo, Bambuco, Joropo, Vals, Argentine Tango, Bossa Nova, and Samba. While at the New England Conservatory he studied jazz guitar with Gene Bertoncini, perhaps the leading North American expert on Bossa Nova.
Mr. Grigassy has shared his musical journey with audiences, as a soloist and in ensembles, throughout the United States and North America. Mr. Grigassy performs regularly in the Central and East Texas region, and he is currently based in the Houston metropolitan area.
Sevilla from Suite Espanola, Op. 47 by Isaac Albeniz