Grigorii Palamarchuk
Overview
Hi, I’m Grigorii Palamarchuk - the pianist your guests will still be talking about long after the event is over.
With exclusive “Reimagined” arrangements and 800+ songs, I create personal, elegant and deeply moving piano music for weddings, receptions, corporate events and private celebrations.
You get:
• Music that perfectly matches the mood of your event
• 100% reliability - I arrive early, look professional and adapt in real time
• Concert-level performance that makes guests say “Wow, that was beautiful”
• Songs you choose
Want your celebration to be truly memorable for everyone?
Let’s create this atmosphere together - submit a request, and I’ll make your evening unforgettable.
Reviews
11 reviews
Jean F. L.
October 7, 2025He is the man!
We can’t wait to book him again. On time, talented and professional! Thank you for the great show.
Hired as: Pianist
Grigorii Palamarchuk
It was a lot of fun!
Thank you so much for having me — see you again soon!
Kassandra W.
August 30, 2025Beautiful Music That Elevated Our Wedding
Grigorii played during our cocktail hour and made it feel so special. Our guests had endless compliments about how beautiful the music was, and it truly elevated the atmosphere. He was also incredibly flexible and kind, even playing longer when our bridal party ran late. Having him there added the perfect touch of elegance, and we’re so grateful he was part of our wedding day!
Hired as: Pianist
Grigorii Palamarchuk
Thank you so much, Kassandra! It was a joy to be part of your special day and I’m truly grateful for your kind words.
Britni J.
August 26, 2025Magical 4yr old birthday
Grigorii went above and beyond to make my daughter’s 4th birthday special! We appreciate his attention to detail and kindness!
Hired as: Pianist
Grigorii Palamarchuk
Thank you for the kind words and the lovely photo! You have a wonderful daughter — see you next year!
Deborah H.
February 19, 2026Incredibly talented
We loved to have Grigorii at our show, he was just perfect. Def recommend this gifted pianist.
Hired as: Keyboard Player
Dustin C.
January 5, 202640th bday private event at Oak and Vine
Grigorri was incredible all night! 3 hours of amazing music. Very professional! Really set the vibe! Thanks!
Hired as: Pianist
Booking information
Price range: Contact for rates
Languages: American Sign Language, Russian, Ukranian
Gig length: 5 - 600 minutes
What to expect
When you hire Grigorii Palamarchuk, you can expect a refined musical experience that adds elegance, warmth, and sophistication to your event. Whether performing solo piano or accompanying vocalists, Grigorii creates a beautiful atmosphere tailored to your occasion — be it a wedding ceremony, cocktail hour, private dinner, or corporate event.
His setlist can include classical masterpieces, jazz standards, cinematic themes, and tasteful pop arrangements — all carefully selected to complement your vision. Grigorii provides his own professional digital piano if needed and always arrives on time, well-dressed, and ready to perform at the highest level.
Expect music that’s never overpowering — just the right balance to elevate the mood and leave your guests impressed.
About
WORLD-CLASS PIANIST & ARRANGER | UNIQUE "REIMAGINED" ATMOSPHERE
🎹 Grigorii Palamarchuk is a classically trained pianist with over 20 years of professional experience, offering elegant live piano music for weddings, private parties, corporate events, and more. Originally from Ukraine, Grigorii studied at the prestigious Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow and has since performed across Europe, on international cruise lines, and now in New York City.
His performances span a wide range of styles — from classical and jazz to film music and modern pop — always tailored to the mood and audience. Whether you’re planning a romantic dinner, upscale cocktail hour, or a milestone celebration, Grigorii brings tasteful ambiance and musical sophistication to any event.
In addition to live performance, Grigorii is also a composer, arranger, and recording artist. He provides his own professional keyboard and equipment when needed and is available for both solo and collaborative bookings.
Additional booking notes
I can bring my own professional digital keyboard with built-in speakers for small to medium-sized venues. If a venue has a piano or PA system available, I’m happy to coordinate in advance.
Standard technical setup includes:
• Access to one grounded power outlet
• A chair or armless bench (if no piano is provided)
• For larger spaces: connection to an external speaker or house system (via standard 1/4” or XLR cable)
Setup time: approximately 20–30 minutes
No special lighting or staging required unless part of a larger production.
If you have any specific technical details or event logistics, feel free to share — I’ll work with your team to make everything smooth.
Services offered
Set list
Pop Songs:
ABBA
Chiquitita
Dancing Queen
Does Your Mother Know
Fernando
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Happy New Year
I Have a Dream
Knowing Me, Knowing You
Lay All Your Love on Me
Mamma Mia
Money, Money, Money
Super Trouper
Take a Chance on Me
Thank You for the Music
The Winner Takes It All
Voulez-Vous
Waterloo
A-ha
Crying in the Rain
Summer Moved On
Adele
Hello
Skyfall
Someone Like You
Alan Walker
Sing Me to Sleep
Barbra Streisand
Don’t Rain on My Parade
Evergreen
I’ll Never Say Goodbye
Memory
My Funny Valentine
People
Smile
Somewhere
The Way We Were
Bee Gees
How Deep Is Your Love
I Started a Joke
Stayin’ Alive
To Love Somebody
Too Much Heaven
Words
You Win Again
Ben E. King
Stand by Me
Billy Joel
And So It Goes
Honesty
Just the Way You Are
Lullabye
My Life
Piano Man
She’s Always a Woman
The Longest Time
Uptown Girl
Birdy
People Help the People
Boney M
Sunny
Chris de Burgh
Lady in Red
So Beautiful
Chris Isaak
Wicked Game
Celine Dion
All By Myself
Beauty and the Beast
Immortality
It’s All Coming Back to Me Now
My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)
The Power of Love
The Prayer
If You Asked Me To
Dean Martin
Besame Mucho
Buona Sera
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Everybody Loves Somebody
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
In the Misty Moonlight
Mambo Italiano
Memories Are Made of This
On an Evening in Roma (Sott’er Celo de Roma)
Powder Your Face with Sunshine
Return to Me
Standing on the Corner
Sway
That’s Amore
The Door Is Still Open to My Heart
Volare
Demis Roussos
From Souvenirs to Souvenirs
Donna Summer
Hot Stuff
Earth, Wind & Fire
After the Love Has Gone
Boogie Wonderland
Fantasy
Reasons
September
That’s the Way of the World
Elton John
Blessed
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Candle in the Wind
Circle of Life
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
I’m Still Standing
Sacrifice
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
The One
Your Song
Ella Fitzgerald
Blue Skies
Cheek to Cheek
Cry Me a River
Fever
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
Lullaby of Birdland
Misty
My Funny Valentine
Someone to Watch Over Me
Summertime
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Elvis Presley
Always on My Mind
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Can’t Help Falling in Love
Crying in the Chapel
In the Ghetto
Love Me Tender
Only You
Suspicious Minds
Frank Sinatra
Come Fly with Me
I Love You Baby
Killing Me Softly
Let It Snow
Moon River
My Way
New York, New York
Something Stupid
Strangers in the Night
You Make Me Feel So Young
Frankie Valli
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
Gary Moore
Still Got the Blues
George Michael
Careless Whisper
Last Christmas
Gloria Gaynor
I Will Survive
Jean-Jacques Goldman
Comme Toi
John Legend
All of Me
Love Me Now
Someday
This Time
John Lennon
Imagine
Love
Josh Groban
Alejate
Believe
Broken Vow
February Song
L’ultima Notte
Per Te
Remember When It Rained
To Where You Are
Un Giorno Per Noi
You Raise Me Up
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
I’ll Never Love Again (A Star Is Born)
Shallow (A Star Is Born Soundtrack)
Lana Del Rey
Love
Summertime Sadness
Video Games
Young and Beautiful
Lauren Christy
Steep
The Color of the Night
Lewis Capaldi
Someone You Loved
Maroon 5
Sugar
This Love
Michel Legrand
How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
I Will Wait for You
Irma
Once Upon a Summertime
The Summer Knows (from Summer of ’42)
The Windmills of Your Mind
Watch What Happens
Yentl – Papa, Can You Hear Me?
Moloko
Singing Back
Norah Jones
Don’t Know Why
Ray Charles
Born to Lose
Come Rain or Come Shine
Georgia on My Mind
Hallelujah I Love Her So
Hit the Road Jack
I Got a Woman
If I Could
Unchain My Heart
What’d I Say
You Don’t Know Me
Robbie Williams
Angels
Eternity
Feel
She’s the One
Rod Stewart
Have I Told You Lately
I Don’t Want to Talk About It
I Wish You Love
My One and Only Love
Reason to Believe
Sailing
Sade
Smooth Operator
Stevie Wonder
For Once in My Life
I Just Called to Say I Love You
Isn’t She Lovely
Knocks Me Off My Feet
Lately
Overjoyed
Ribbon in the Sky
Superstition
You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Whitney Houston
All the Man That I Need
Count on Me
Didn’t We Almost Have It All
Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
Greatest Love of All
I Have Nothing
I Look to You
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
I Will Always Love You
I’m Every Woman
Run to You
Saving All My Love for You
Where Do Broken Hearts Go
When You Believe (feat. Mariah Carey)
Instrumental Repertory:
A Comme Amour – Richard Clayderman
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a – Samuel Barber
Altostratus, Nocturnal Daydream – Franz Gordon
Ashitaka and San – Joe Hisaishi (Princess Mononoke)
Ballade pour Adeline – Richard Clayderman
Bella’s Lullaby – Carter Burwell (Twilight)
Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
Chi Mai – Ennio Morricone
Cinema Paradiso Main Theme – Ennio Morricone
Clair de Lune – Claude Debussy
Comptine d’un autre été, l’après – Yann Tiersen
Comptine d’un autre été, le départ – Yann Tiersen
Dawn – Dario Marianelli (Pride & Prejudice)
Departure – Max Richter
Divenire – Ludovico Einaudi
Experience – Ludovico Einaudi
Feather Theme – Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump)
Feelings – Albert Morris
Fly – Ludovico Einaudi
Gabriel’s Oboe – Ennio Morricone (The Mission)
Interstellar Main Theme – Hans Zimmer
Kiss the Rain – Yiruma
La Vie en Rose – Édith Piaf
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg – Michel Legrand
Love Story – Francis Lai
Love Theme – Ennio Morricone (Cinema Paradiso)
Man and Woman – Fausto Pepetti
Married Life – Michael Giacchino (Up)
Memphisto – Depeche Mode
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence – Ryuichi Sakamoto
Moment – Kenny G
Moon River – Audrey Hepburn
Music from Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain – Yann Tiersen
Music from the Secret Garden – Secret Garden
My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion (Titanic)
Nature Boy – Nat King Cole
Nuvole Bianche – Ludovico Einaudi
Once Upon a Time in America – Ennio Morricone
One Summer’s Day – Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away)
Only Love – Vladimir Cosma (The Slap)
Porz Goret – Yann Tiersen
Primavera – Ludovico Einaudi
Promise – Secret Garden
Reflections – Toshifumi Hinata
Requiem for a Dream Main Theme – Clint Mansell
River Flows in You – Yiruma
Spiegel im Spiegel – Arvo Pärt
Summer 78 – Yann Tiersen
The Godfather Theme – Nino Rota
The Lonely Shepherd – James Last
The Professional – Ennio Morricone
The Rain – Joe Hisaishi
The Summer Knows – Barbra Streisand
Time – Hans Zimmer (Inception)
Una Mattina – Ludovico Einaudi
What Is a Youth – Nino Rota (Romeo & Juliet)
Old Jazz Repertory
After You’ve Gone – Bessie Smith
Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Fats Waller
Ain’t She Sweet – Gene Austin
Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Irving Berlin
Am I Blue? – Ethel Waters
Amapola – José María Lacalle
At a Georgia Camp Ball – Traditional
Atlanta Blues – W.C. Handy
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home – Louis Armstrong
Ballin’ the Jack – Traditional
Basin Street Blues – Louis Armstrong
Big Butter and Egg Man – Louis Armstrong
Black and Blue – Louis Armstrong
Blue Turning Gray Over You – Fats Waller
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me – Traditional
Bogalusa Strut – Sam Morgan
Breeze – Joseph C. Smith
Bye Bye Blues – Fred Hamm
Cakewalkin’ Babies from Home – Clarence Williams
Careless Love – Bessie Smith
C’est Si Bon – Yves Montand
China Boy – Paul Whiteman
Chinatown, My Chinatown – Louis Armstrong
Clarinet Marmalade – Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Confessin’ – Louis Armstrong
Creole Love Call – Duke Ellington
Curse of an Aching Heart – Al Piantadosi
Dardanella – Ben Selvin
Darktown Strutters’ Ball – Shelton Brooks
Davenport Blues – Bix Beiderbecke
Dead Man Blues – Jelly Roll Morton
Deep River Blues – Traditional
Dinah – Fats Waller
Dippermouth Blues – King Oliver
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans – Louis Armstrong
Doctor Jazz – Jelly Roll Morton
Down in New Orleans – Traditional
Eh Las Bas – Traditional
Egyptian Ella – Walter Doyle
Everybody Loves My Baby – Clarence Williams
Everybody Step – Irving Berlin
Exactly Like You – Louis Armstrong
Fidgety Feet – Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue – Gene Austin
Frog-I-More Rag – Jelly Roll Morton
Grandpa’s Spells – Jelly Roll Morton
Hello, Dolly! – Louis Armstrong
Hindustan – Oliver Wallace
Honeysuckle Rose – Fats Waller
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby – Billie Holiday
I Know Why – Glenn Miller
I Want a Little Girl – Lester Young
I’m Coming Virginia – Bix Beiderbecke
I’m Crazy ’Bout My Baby – Fats Waller
It Had to Be You – Isham Jones
It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie – Fats Waller
I’ve Found a New Baby – Benny Goodman
I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling – Fats Waller
Jazz Me Blues – Bix Beiderbecke
John Grey – Louis Armstrong
La Vie en Rose – Édith Piaf
Lazy River – Hoagy Carmichael
Louisiana – Louis Armstrong
Mahogany Hall Stomp – Louis Armstrong
Mack the Knife – Louis Armstrong
Mama Don’t Allow – Traditional
Mama’s Gone, Goodbye – Clarence Williams
Maple Leaf Rag – Scott Joplin
Margie – Fats Waller
Mean to Me – Billie Holiday
Memphis Blues – W.C. Handy
Milenburg Joys – Jelly Roll Morton
Muskrat Ramble – Louis Armstrong
My Blue Heaven – Gene Austin
New Orleans Bump – Jelly Roll Morton
New Second Line – Paul Barbarin
Oh, You Beautiful Doll – Seymour Brown
Once in a While – Louis Armstrong
Oriental Strut – Kid Ory
Original Dixieland One-Step – Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Panama – Arthur Marshall
Petite Fleur – Sidney Bechet
Please Don’t Talk About Me – Ella Fitzgerald
Promenade aux Champs-Élysées – Joseph Kosma
Riverboat Shuffle – Bix Beiderbecke
Rockin’ Chair – Louis Armstrong
Rosetta – Earl Hines
Royal Garden Blues – Clarence Williams
Runnin’ Wild – Duke Ellington
Second Line – Paul Barbarin
See See Rider – Ma Rainey
Sheik of Araby – Fats Waller
Shine – Louis Armstrong
Si Tu Vois Ma Mère – Sidney Bechet
Singing the Blues – Bix Beiderbecke
Skeleton Jangle – Thomas Turpin
Snake Rag – King Oliver
Some of These Days – Sophie Tucker
Somebody Stole My Gal – Bix Beiderbecke
Someday You’ll Be Sorry – Louis Armstrong
St. James Infirmary – Louis Armstrong
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael
Steamboat Stomp – Jelly Roll Morton
Struttin’ with Some Barbecue – Louis Armstrong
Sugar Blues – Clyde McCoy
Sweet Georgia Blues – Clarence Williams
Sweet Lorraine – Nat King Cole
Sweet Substitute – Jelly Roll Morton
Swing That Music – Louis Armstrong
That Da-Da Strain – Jimmy McHugh
That’s a Plenty – Lew Pollack
The Chant – Mel Stitzel
The Entertainer – Scott Joplin
The Pearls – Jelly Roll Morton
Tin Roof Blues – New Orleans Rhythm Kings
Tishomingo Blues – Spencer Williams
Too Tight Rag – Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton
Twelfth Street Rag – Euday L. Bowman
Va-Bank – Henrik Kuźniak
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans – Louis Armstrong
Weary Blues – Artie Matthews
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
When I Take My Sugar to Tea – Nat King Cole
Whistling Rufus – Kerry Mills
Why Don’t You Do Right? – Peggy Lee
Wild Cat Blues – Clarence Williams
Willie the Weeper – Louis Armstrong
More repertory on my web site...
Influences and inspiration
As a pianist, I’ve been deeply inspired by a wide range of artists and styles — from the emotional expressiveness of Frédéric Chopin, to the elegance and harmony of jazz greats like Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, and Brad Mehldau.
I also draw influence from contemporary artists such as Jacob Collier, Yiruma, and Hiromi Uehara, whose fresh approaches to piano performance and improvisation constantly push boundaries.
In addition, vocalists like Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, and Michael Bublé have shaped the lyrical and emotional flow of my interpretations.
These diverse influences have helped me craft a style that blends classical depth, jazz sophistication, and modern accessibility — always aiming to connect authentically with the audience.
Setup requirements
One standard electrical outlet (grounded)
Chair or piano bench (armless)
Flat, dry surface (indoor or outdoor with cover)
Lighting (for evening or low-light events)
Piano or keyboard stand (if not bringing mine)