BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:78@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20221113T193000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20221116T210000 DTSTAMP:20230731T004339Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/nicolas-namoradze/ SUMMARY:Nicolas Namoradze DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nPianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze came to internat ional attention in 2018 upon winning the triennial Honens International Pi ano Competition in Calgary\, Canada—among the largest prizes in classica l music. He was named Young Pianist of 2020 &\; 2021 by the UK Critics ’ Circle\, and recent album releases have received extraordinary accolad es\, including the Choc de Classica\, Record of the Month in Limelight\, I nstrumental Disc of the Month in BBC Music Magazine and Editor’s Choice in Gramophone.\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\nCurrent 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 Bu dapest Festival Orchestra\, among others\, with conductors such as Iván F ischer\, Karina Canellakis and Ken-David Masur.\n\n \;\n\nNamoradze co mpleted his master’s at Juilliard and his doctorate at the CUNY Graduate Center. His teachers have included Emanuel Ax\, Zoltán Kocsis and Andrá s Schiff in piano\, and John Corigliano in composition. He now pursues pos tgraduate studies in neuropsychology at King’s College London\, where hi s research interests include the effects of mental practice and mindfulnes s on musical performance. He is the author of the book “Ligeti’s Macro harmonies”\, published by Springer\, and his compositions are published by Muse Press.\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBowen: selections from Frag ments from Hans Andersen\, Opp. 58 &\; 61 - 20'\nBach-Rachmaninoff: Sui te from Violin Partita No. 3\, BWV 1006 - 9'\nRachmaninoff-Kocsis: Vocalis e\, Op. 34 No. 14 - 5'\nNamoradze: Memories of Rachmaninoff's "Georgian So ng" - 5'\nRachmaninoff-Namoradze: Adagio from Symphony No. 2\, Op. 27 - 15 '\nScriabin: Etude in C-sharp minor Op. 2 No. 1 - 3’\nScriabin: Eight Et udes Op. 42 - 15'\nScriabin: Sonata No. 4 Op. 30 - 8’\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n&nb sp\;\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/02/11-13-2022-11-14-2022-and-11-16-2022.webp?fit=1200%2C800 &ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Easter X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Easter BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220910T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:-05 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR