Danish pianist Emil Gryesten is a graduate of the Sibelius Academy in Finland and the Como International Piano Academy in Italy, in addition to having studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in his native Denmark. His notable teachers include Niklas Sivelöv, Erik T. Tawaststjerna and Eero Heinonen, as well as his teacher at the Como International Piano Academu, Fou Ts'ong, Dmitri Bashkirov and Willaim Gran Naboré. He has received awards at a number of competitions of your pianists, including the First Prize at the Hamburg Steinway Conpetion.

He has recorded an album with Schubert sonatas and the Liszt sonata for Danacord. His latest release of the three Grieg violin sonatas with Benedikte Damgaard received critical acclaim.