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Giorgi Latsabidze (Georgian: გიორგი ლაცაბიძე) (born April 15, 1978) is a Georgian concert pianist and composer.
Biography
1978–1984: Early childhood
Georgian Pianist Giorgi Latsabidze was born 15 April 1978 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Although coming from a family of non-musicians, Latsabidze showed an early talent for music. While there was no piano in his household, his parents frequently visited family and friends that had pianos. Making use of these occasional opportunities, he started playing piano by ear from the age of 3, and continued with early attempts at composition at the age of 5. Latsabidze's ambition, even in this early childhood, was to become a concert pianist.
Music education
By the time that Latsabidze was six years old, his enthusiasm for the piano was rewarded when his family obtained a piano and he began formal studies. At age seven, he was accepted into one of Tbilisi's Music Schools[1] which, modelled after the ex-Soviet Union pattern, cover the seven years of education preceding entry into gymnasium and university. While there, at age 10 Giorgi was entered into the Georgian National Students Competition[2] and, upon winning first place, was invited to perform Schumann’s Kinderszenen, Op.15 at the annual Gala Concert held at the Tbilisi State Concert Hall. Following this, Giorgi received further invitations to perform the Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 with the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra[3], and the Beethoven Piano Concerto in C major, Op.15 with the same orchestra[4]. This was the start of a history of extensive music education, composition, and performance that still continues, as outlined below.
After Latsabidze started his university education in Georgia, at The V. Saradjishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, he began to receive financial support from the Georgian government through a Georgian presidential scholarship[5], which continued essentially throughout his remaining under-graduate and graduate studies in Georgia. After graduating from the Conservatoire with degrees at the Bachelor, Masters, and Artist levels, each with the highest honours available in Georgia (the Georgian Presidential Prize in 1999, 2002, 2003)[5], he continued his pursuit of post-graduate work with academic degrees obtained at the Hannover Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Germany (2003) and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria (2005). As of 2009, Latsabidze continues his formal studies at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California (Los Angeles) towards achievement of a Doctor of Musical Arts degree, again on scholarships[6] and a teaching assistanceship at the Thornton School. Moreover, by decision of the Keyboard Studies Department in Spring 2007, Latsabidze was appointed for the Graduate Teaching Assistantship[6] at the Thornton School. During this time, Latsabidze has studied with numerous teachers, including Russudan Chodzava (Tbilisi State Conservatoire), Gerrit Zitterbart (Hannover Hochschule), Klaus Kaufmann (Mozarteum), and Lazar Berman (Florence, Italy). Currently he continues study with Stewart L. Gordon at USC.
Performance Overview
Latsabidze has pursued a busy performance schedule during this same period, appearing in master classes[7] and concert performances throughout Europe, as well as in Asia, South America and more recently in the United States. Some of the more notable of these concert appearances are reviewed in this section. In 1998, he entered the International "Ennio Porrino" Piano Competition in Cagliari, Italy. His performance[8] there of the Mozart Piano Concerto K.488 resulted in the Diploma di Merito award. In 1999, he performed an all-Chopin concert in Tbilisi sponsored by the Fryderyck Chopin Society, commemorating the 150 years since Chopin’s death.[9] While at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, and following an audition with the conductor Jansug Kakhidze, he was appointed as a resident soloist at the Tbilisi Center for Music and Culture during the years 2000-2003, performing an extensive series of works for both solo piano[10] and for piano with orchestra. In the latter category, in 2001 Latsabidze performed[11] the Rachmaninoff 3rd Piano Concerto Op.30, with the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jansug Kakhidze. During this period, he was also favourably recognised by the Georgian music critic Gulbat Toradze for his performance[12] of the 24 Études of Chopin in his home town of Tbilisi. [13]
In 2005 Latsabidze gave solo concerts throughout Austria. One of these was a Salzburg recital[14] that formed a major part of a DVD documentary on Latsabidze produced by K-TV Austria and broadcast by digital satellite throughout most of Europe.[15] Also during this period, Governor Franz Voves of Styria, Austria invited him to perform a series of private salon concerts in the Schloss Eggenberg, Graz over the coming three consecutive years. At the Schloss Eggenberg concert in 2007[16], Latsabidze appeared[17] with Austrian cellist Friedrich Kleinhapl. In additional appearances in Austria, he performed Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with orchestras in Vienna, Salzburg and Lienz.[18] This last concert was very favourably reviewed by the Austrian music critic Lilly Papsch.[19] This concert was soon followed by another in Lienz[20] reviewed by another Austrian music critic, Harald Heller , who described the performance as a "crowning achievement". [21] In June 2008 he performed all 12 Transcendental Etudes of Liszt at a concert in Hawaii (Hawaii Convention Center), shortly thereafter repeating the same program in Nice, France.[22] Then, in November 2008 he gave a public recital[23] in Los Angeles that was professionally recorded and made commercially available in a combination DVD/CD.[24] A second public multimedia performance in November 2009[25] in Los Angeles was also professionally recorded and released commercially as a combination DVD/CD.[26]
Awards
- International "Ennio Porrino" Piano Competition Diploma di Merito(1998, Cagliari, Italy)
- Nikolai Rubinstein International Piano Competition First Prize (1999, Paris, France)
- Vladimir Spivakov Award (2001, Georgia)
- Georgian Presidential Scholarship (1999–2003, Georgia)
- Georgian Presidential Prize (1999, 2002, 2003, Georgia)
- DAAD, German Academic Exchange Award (translation), (2003, 2004, Germany)
- MTNA Academic Achievement Recognition of Excellence Award (2004, Los Angeles, California)
- Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Competition Award, Salzburg, (2005, Austria)
- Keyboard Studies Department Award presented by Thornton School of Music, USC (10 May 2007, Los Angeles, California)
- Carol Hogel Music Scholarship presented by Thornton School of Music, USC (5 December 2008, Los Angeles, California)[27]
Positions
He is listed in Who’s Who in America and as of 2007 October he is the President of USC MTNA (Music Teachers National Associations) chapter of the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. Giorgi Latsabidze is a dedicated pedagogue and mentor to a diverse class of piano students majoring in piano performance, piano pedagogy, and music education. In 2010, Latsabidze spent one month serving as chief examiner and teacher for the International Piano Pedagogy Examination Committee (IPPEC) in Taiwan, Republic of China.
Repertoire
Latsabidze is recognised for his interpretations of the works of Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt, but he has also displayed a broader reach in works by Scarlatti, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Debussy and others, as discussed above.
Discography
- Auf den Spuren von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, DVD documentary on Latsabidze in Salzburg, Austria, produced by K-TV Austria, 2005[15]
- Original music score composed by Latsabidze for the film Twilight's Grace, produced and directed by J.G. Weaver, 2006[28]
- Latsabidze: The Recital, DVD documentary on Latsabidze with live performance at Alfred Newman Recital Hall, Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California, 2 November 2008[24]
- Giorgi Latsabidze Plays Debussy Preludes Book 2 (12, complete), live multimedia performance at Alfred Newman Recital Hall, Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California, 20 November 2009[26]
Media
Notes and Additional References
- ^ S.Tsintsadze Arts School #16, Tbilisi, Georgia, Director: Lia Mavzarashvili
- ^ A.Virsaladze Arts Gymnasium #13, Tbilisi, Georgia, Director: Khatuna Kereselidze
- ^ Philharmonic Hall, Tbilisi Center for Music and Culture, 3 June 1990
- ^ Philharmonic Hall, Tbilisi Center for Music and Culture, 6 June 1991
- ^ a b See listings in the Awards section.
- ^ a b USC Thornton School, Office of Student Affairs
- ^ Lev Natochenny, 1998, State University for Music and the Performing Arts, Mannheim, Germany; George Sava, 2001, Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin, Germany; Lazar Berman, 2003, Accademia Pianistica Internazionale di Imola, Italy; Joaquín Soriano, 2003, The Royal Conservatory of Lisbon, Portugal; Vladimir Krainev, 2003, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, Germany; Jeanette de Boer, 2004, Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria; Hans Leygraf, 2004, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, Germany; Alexei Lubimov, 2004, Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria; Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, 2004, Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria; Sergei Dorensky, 2004, Moscow, Russia; Andre Watts, 2008, Alfred Newman Recital Hall, Los Angeles; Martin Canin, 2008, Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu.
- ^ Teatro Comunale di Cagliari, Italy, 10 December 1998; included Mozart Piano Concerto K.488, with Orchestra Incontri Musicali conducted by Giacomo Medas.
- ^ Tbilisi State Conservatoire Grand Concert Hall, Georgia, 29 November 1999; included Chopin's Fantasy Op.49, Prelude Op.28 #15, Etudes Op.10 #1, Op.25 #10, Nocturne Op.48 #2, Scherzo Op.39, 4 Mazurkas Op.17, Sonata Op.35.
- ^ These solo recitals included performances of the Bach Goldberg Variations, the Brahms F minor Piano Sonata, the Liszt B minor Sonata, the Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, the Schumann Symphonic Etudes and F-sharp minor Sonata, and the Chopin B-flat minor and B minor sonatas, and his F minor Fantasy.
- ^ Tbilisi Center for Music and Culture, Georgia, 9 March 2001.
- ^ Tbilisi State Conservatoire Grand Concert Hall, Georgia, 20 March 2002; included the complete Chopin Etudes Opp.10, 25.
- ^ Vecherni Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, 29 March 2002. A translated excerpt (and the original Russian text) from this published review is presented here.
- ^ Steinway Gallery, Salzburg, Austria, 23 June 2005; included solo pieces by Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, and Prokofiev.
- ^ a b On the trail of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, directed by Klaus Fruhstorfer and Franz Gangl; includes Latsabidze portrait and recital recorded in Steinway Hall in Salzburg, Austria. The DVD was broadcast by K-TV via satellite through ASTRA digital, airing in most parts of Europe, and is available to order at K-TV Austria.
- ^ Schloss Eggenberg, Graz, Austria, 22 May 2007; included the Shostakovich Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.40, and the Schumann Fantasy Pieces Op.73.
- ^ By special invitation of Governor Franz Voves of Styria.
- ^ Stadhalle Lienz, Austria, 25 May 2007; concerto performed with Stadtorchester Lienz conducted by Andreas Untersteiner.
- ^ Osttiroler Bote, Lienz, Austria, 7 June 2007. A translated excerpt (and the original German text) from this published review is presented here.
- ^ Spitalkirche Lienz, Austria, 12 June 2007; included Liszt Mephisto Waltz, Chopin B-flat minor Sonata, Mozart Sonata K.311, and three Chopin encores.
- ^ Osttiroler Bote, Lienz, Austria, 21 June 2007. A translated excerpt (and the original German text) from this published review is presented here.
- ^ Liliu Theater, Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 12 June 2008, and Théâtre de la Cité, Nice, France, 12 July 2008.
- ^ Alfred Newman Recital Hall, Los Angeles, California, 2 November 2008; included solo pieces by Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, and Bizet-Horowitz.
- ^ a b Concert recorded and DVD produced by J.G. Weaver, Wayne Adams, Onward Entertainment, directed by J.G. Weaver, released worldwide on 26 February 2009, available (including CD soundtrack) at Amazon.com.
- ^ Alfred Newman Recital Hall, Los Angeles, California, 20 November 2009; included the complete Book 2 of the Debussy Preludes.
- ^ a b Concert recorded and DVD produced by J.G. Weaver, Wayne Adams, Onward Entertainment, directed by J.G. Weaver, released worldwide on 12 May 2010, available (including CD soundtrack) at Amazon.com.
- ^ The presentation of this important honor received both news coverage and was recorded on video.
- ^ Onward Entertainment, trailer and photographs available at The Independent Movie Database, released worldwide, available for purchase at Indiepix Films
External links
- Giorgi Latsabidze Official website
- DVD Trailer Latsabidze: The Recital
- Excerpt from DVD, Auf den Spuren von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- USC Thornton School Video, Latsabidze receiving Hogel Scholarship
- Giorgi Latsabidze at the Internet Movie Database
- Giorgi Latsabidze TV Interview Channel 1, Tbilisi, Georgia.
