Giorgi Gigashvili – New York Recital

Giorgi Gigashvili – New York Recital

From:
31 Oct 2024 19:00
To:
31 Oct 2024 00:00
Location:
Weill Recital Hall
at Carnegie Hall

GIORGI GIGASHVILI
Silver Medalist
at the 17th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, 2023

Program

Scarlatti
Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 487
Piano Sonata in D Major, K. 29
Schumann
Piano Sonata No.1
Chopin
Ballade No. 4 in F Minor
Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7

 

GIORGI GIGASHVILI

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Giorgi studied at the Paliashvili Central Music School for Gifted Children and entered the Tbilisi State Conservatory, in the class of Revaz Tavadze. His pianistic career took a decisive turn in 2019 when he won First Prize at the Vigo International Piano Competition (with Martha Argerich as president of the jury) and 3rd Prize and the Audience Favorite Prize at the 62nd Busoni Competition.
The pandemic in 2020 forced Giorgi to remain locked down in Georgia, where he began to write electronic music and popular songs. His passion for the piano was rekindled in 2021 when he received the Hortense Anda- Bührle Special Prize at the 5th Géza Anda Piano Competition in Zurich; followed by an invitation to take part in the KlavierOlymp in Bad Kissingen, where he won 1st Prize and the Audience Prize.
In 2023, Giorgi celebrated another great success: He won the 2nd Prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and was also awarded the Audience Favorite, Junior Jury, and Chamber Music prizes.
His debut album, “Meeting My Shadow” featuring Scarlatti, Beethoven, Scriabin, and Messiaen has been highly acclaimed since its release with Alpha Classics in April 2023.
Since autumn 2023, Giorgi has been studying with Kirill Gerstein at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin; before, he studied with Nelson Goerner in Geneva. Gigashvili is supported by the Lisa Batiashvili Foundation and the Géza Anda Foundation. In the 2022/23 season, he is a Classeek Ambassador artist. He has been sponsored by Bayer Kultur’s stART academy since 2023. Alongside his career as a classical pianist, he has created with his friends an electronic and experimental music group, Tsduneba, which means ‘temptation’ in Georgian.
 
Tickets sale will commence on August 1
 

Presented by the
American Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein
International Music Society (AFARIMS)

 

Members of AFARIMS (American Friends of the Rubinstein Society) are entitled to free admission to the concert and are invited to an after-concert dinner. For more details on how to join our American Friends, please contact Ilana Sacher – ilanasacher@gmail.com