Pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze came to international attention in 2018 upon winning the triennial Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary, Canada—among the largest prizes in classical music. He was named Young Pianist of 2020 & 2021 by the UK Critics’ Circle, and recent album releases have received extraordinary accolades, including the Choc de Classica, Record of the Month in Limelight, Instrumental Disc of the Month in BBC Music Magazine and Editor’s Choice in Gramophone.
Current activities include recitals at halls such as New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall and the Konzerthaus Berlin; festival appearances at Tanglewood, Banff, Gstaad, Santa Fe and more; and performances with the London Philharmonic and Budapest Festival Orchestra, among others, with conductors such as Iván Fischer, Karina Canellakis and Ken-David Masur.
Namoradze completed his master’s at Juilliard and his doctorate at the CUNY Graduate Center. His teachers have included Emanuel Ax, Zoltán Kocsis and András Schiff in piano, and John Corigliano in composition. He now pursues postgraduate studies in neuropsychology at King’s College London, where his research interests include the effects of mental practice and mindfulness on musical performance. He is the author of the book “Ligeti’s Macroharmonies”, published by Springer, and his compositions are published by Muse Press.
Bowen: selections from Fragments from Hans Andersen, Opp. 58 & 61 – 20′
Bach-Rachmaninoff: Suite from Violin Partita No. 3, BWV 1006 – 9′
Rachmaninoff-Kocsis: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 – 5′
Namoradze: Memories of Rachmaninoff’s “Georgian Song” – 5′
Rachmaninoff-Namoradze: Adagio from Symphony No. 2, Op. 27 – 15′
Scriabin: Etude in C-sharp minor Op. 2 No. 1 – 3’
Scriabin: Eight Etudes Op. 42 – 15′
Scriabin: Sonata No. 4 Op. 30 – 8’
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