GIORGI GIGASHVILI PIANIST Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 2000, Giorgi Gigashvili studied the piano without ever thinking about a professional career as a pianist. He is passionate about the folksongs of his country, which he likes to arrange and sing. He even participated in the Georgian “The Voice” and won the competition at the age of thirteen. However, he continued his musical training at the Paliashvili Central Music School for Gifted Children and entered the Tbilisi State Conservatory, in the class of Revaz Tavadze. At that time, as is still the case today, his supreme model and idol was Martha Argerich. His pianistic career took a decisive turn in April 2019 when he won First Prize at the Vigo International Piano Competition, with Martha Argerich as president of the jury and Nelson Freire at her side. A few months later, he won Third Prize and the Audience Prize at the Sixty-Second Busoni Competition. The pandemic forced him to remain locked down in Georgia, where he began to write electronic music and songs that became very popular. In March 2023, Giorgi Gigashvili celebrated another great success: He won the Second Prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and was also awarded the Junior Jury Prize, the Prize for the best chamber music and 5 out of 6 audience prizes. Since September 2021, he has been studying with Nelson Goerner in Geneva. 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. This is his first appearance with the Israel Philharmonic.
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