Meeting my Shadow Giorgi Gigashvili

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35:
• 1 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: I. Introduction. Allegro vivace 03:32
• 2 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: II. Variation 1 00:37
• 3 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: III. Variation 2 00:49
• 4 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: IV. Variation 3 00:39
• 5 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: V. Variation 4 00:35
• 6 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: VI. Variation 5 00:48
• 7 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: VII. Variation 6 00:33
• 8 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: VIII. Variation 7. Canone all'ottava 00:39
• 9 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: IX. Variation 8 00:54
• 10 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: X. Variation 9 00:35
• 11 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: XI. Variation 10 00:39
• 12 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: Variation 11 00:41
• 13 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: XIII. Variation 12 00:41
• 14 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: XIV. Variation 13 00:38
• 15 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: XV. Variation 14 01:22
• 16 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: XVI. Variation 15. Largo - Attacca Coda 04:38
• 17 Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35: XVII. Finale (Alla Fuga). Allegro con brio 04:09
• Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757): Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K. 487:
• 18 Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K. 487 03:41
• Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915): Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 "Messe Noire":
• 19 Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 "Messe Noire" 09:01
• Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992): Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus:
• 20 Messiaen: Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus: XV. Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus 11:03
• Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K. 29:
• 21 Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K. 29 05:17
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117:
• 22 Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 1, Andante moderato in E-Flat Major 05:07
• 23 Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 2, Andante non troppo e con molto espressione in B-Flat Minor 04:36
• 24 Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 3, Andante con moto in C-Sharp Minor 05:55
• Alexander Scriabin: Valse in A-Flat Major, Op. 38:
• 25 Scriabin: Valse in A-Flat Major, Op. 38 05:51
• Total Runtime 01:13:00

Info for Meeting my Shadow

Giorgi Gigashvili is only twenty-two, but he is already hitting the headlines: now a pupil of Nelson Goerner, he is a protégé of Martha Argerich, who gave him the urge to play the piano alongside his first love, pop singing - at the age of thirteen, he won the television talent show ‘The Voice’ in his homeland, Georgia. A few years later, Martha Argerich discovered him at the III International Piano Competition "City of Vigo", and he went on to win prizes at several more, including the Hortense Anda-Bührle Prize at the Géza Anda Competition in Zurich in 2021. Another high-flying mentor, the violinist Lisa Batiashvili, asked him to play the piano on her recording of the Franck Violin Sonata. His free and spectacular playing impresses, his creativity and personality astonish. Here he presents his first recital, revealing his palette of colours: Scarlatti, Beethoven, Scriabin and Messiaen. But never far away is his shadow; as the singer of the electro band Tsduneba (‘temptation’ in Georgian) which he founded with his friends.

Giorgi Gigashvili, piano

Giorgi Gigashvili
Born in 2000 in Tbilisi, Georgia, Giorgi Gigashvili enjoyed playing the piano from an early age, but for a long time he did not think of a professional career as a pianist. He became enthusiastic about singing and arranging Georgian folk songs and pop songs. With these, he successfully performed at various local singing competitions, and he also used the lockdown period in the Corona pandemic to compose electronic music, which is extremely popular in his home country. But before that, there were a few turning points in his life. In April 2019, he won 1st prize at the Vigo International Piano Competition, where Martha Argerich, whom he greatly admires, was jury president. A few months later he won 3rd prize and the audience prize at the Busoni Piano Competition. This was followed last year by 1st place at the Kissinger KlavierOlymp - here too he also received the audience prize. Many reasons to be curious about his debut at the Ruhr Piano Festival. For it was not only his "individual, highly musical and structurally conscious interpretations" that impressed the jury in Bad Kissingen, but also his "natural stage presence".

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