mariam batsashvili
24 september 2024 / 8pm / belgrave music hall, leeds
100% funded (29 tickets remaining)
Georgian pianist Mariam Batsashvili brings her award-winning solo show to Leeds, featuring music by Mozart, Chopin, and Ravel
7pm: doors open
7.30pm: last entry
8pm: mariam batsashvili set
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the venue:
Located in Leeds’ Northern Quarter, Belgrave Music Hall and Canteen first opened its doors in 1934 as Leeds Children’s Palace; a 3-storey recreation hall and nursery built to provide childcare support for the working families of Leeds.
After many years of neglect, the building has been restored to its former glory, boasting two bars, a roof terrace, and a room which hosts live music and local artists' exhibitions.
the music:
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia in 1993, Mariam won the 10th Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht in 2014, was a Rising Star of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) and a BBC Young Generation Artist between 2017-19. After adjudicating this year's Leeds International Piano competition, Mariam will perform a solo programme featuring Chopin, Ravel, and Mozart for this show - her final solo performance in the UK this year.
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the programme:
Mozart - Twelve Variations on “Ah vous dirai-je, Maman”, K265
Ravel - Une barque sur l’océan from Miroirs
Ravel - Oiseaux tristes from Miroirs
Ravel - Alborada del gracioso from Miroirs
Chopin - Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Chopin - Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
mariam batsashvili:
Mariam Batsashvili gained international recognition at the 10th Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht 2014. Her musicianship seems to connect directly with one’s heart and her colours of sound, thoughtful interpretations and stupendous touch move and delight her audiences.
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As BBC New Generation Artist, she made her debuts at the Cheltenham Festival, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and with the Ulster Orchestra at the BBC Proms. The summer of 2019 saw the release of her first album for Warner Classics and her second album has already been recorded. She already gained her first experiences with leading symphony orchestras, including the Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of James Gaffigan in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam (Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1), the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under Rafael Payare (Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1) and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Alexander Shelley (Liszt Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2). She has also given recitals in more than 30 countries – among these China, South Korea, Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa, France, Spain, Norway, the Baltic countries, Benelux and Germany. She has been the guest of many international festivals, such as the Beethovenfest Bonn, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Piano City festival in Milan and the Piano aux Jacobins festival in Toulouse. She was nominated by the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) as ‘Rising Star’ for the 2016/17 season, and performed in the most significant concert halls throughout Europe. Last season, she gave performances at the Philharmonic Hall of St Petersburg, the Tonhalle Zürich, the Mozarteum Salzburg and the Wigmore Hall and made her acclaimed debut at the Philharmonie Berlin as part of the series “Debüt im Deutschlandfunk Kultur”.
Born 1993 in Tbilisi, Georgia, Mariam Batsashvili first studied with Natalia Natsvlishvili at the E. Mikeladze Central Music School in her hometown, before continuing at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar with Professor Grigory Gruzman. In 2011 she won First Prize at the International Franz Liszt Competition for Young Pianists in Weimar, and received the prestigious Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Award in 2015. Mariam Batsashvili is a scholarship holder of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and is supported by The Keyboard Charitable Trust. She has been an official Yamaha Artist since 2017.
Rewards: tickets to noisenight153 at 8pm on Tuesday 24 September 2024 at Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds. First-come, first-served for the best seats.
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