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Georgian Pianist Giorgi
Latsabize was born 15 April 1978 in Tbilisi, Georgia. His hands first met the keys of a piano when he
was three years old, an experience he vividly remembers to this day, as he knew at that moment that
this instrument would be the most important thing in his life. In fact his parents revealed that
Giorgi would cry hysterically whenever he was informed that they were visiting family or
friends where there was no piano. At the age of five he began composing pieces on the piano and today at twenty-nine, he is
already regarded as one of the most significant performers of his generation.
He was awarded a Georgian Presidential Scholarship which underwrote his early education culminating in master and artist
degrees with highest honors, subsequent to additional degrees completed at Hannover Hochschule für Musik in Germany (2003)
and at Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria (2005).
Latsabidze has studied with numerous great teachers including Professor Russudan Chodzava (The V. Saradjishvili Tbilisi State
Conservatoire, Georgia), Professor Gerrit Zitterbart (Hochschule für Music und Theater, Hannover, Germany), Professor Klaus Kaufmann
(Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria), Professor Lazar Berman (Florence, Italy). Currently he continues at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
with Pianist, Author and Editor Dr. Steward Gordon towards realization of a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree. (www.stewartgordon.com)
By decision of the Keyboard Studies Department in Spring 2007 Giorgi Latsabidze was appointed for the Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Thornton School of Music at the
University of Southern California, Los Angeles. (www.usc.edu/music)
During extensive travels throughout Eastern Europe, Asia, South America and the United States giving master classes and concert performances, he was recognized for giving
one of the best performances ever of the 24 Etudes of Chopin in his hometown of Tbilisi to a cheering audience of over a thousand people. In 2005 Giorgi gave solo concerts
throughout Austria and in Vienna at the famed Beethoven Concert Hall – following which the Governor invited him to perform a series of private salon concerts in the Presidential Residences
(Schloss Eggenberg, Graz) over the coming three consecutive years. He then performed Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with orchestras in Vienna, Salzburg and Lienz. In June 2008 he performed
all 12 Transcendental Etudes of Liszt in Hawaii (Honolulu Convention Center), shortly thereafter repeating the same program in Nice, France, which was recorded live in a broadcast over
“Mezzo” – one of the leading musical channels in Europe.
Awards
- Carol Hogel (Scotland) Music Scholarship presented by Flora Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, Dec.5th, 2008
- The Princess Marie of Liechtenstein, Countess Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (2008)
- MTNA Academic Achievement Recognition of Excellence Award (2008, Los Angeles, California)
- Keyboard Studies Department Award presented by Flora L. Thornton School of Music, USC
(May 10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA)
- International Competition "Young Artist" (2006, Los Angeles, USA)
- International "Yehudi Menuhin" Foundation Competition (2005, Salzburg, Austria)
- International "N. Rubinstein" Piano Competition Gold Medal (1999, Paris, France)
- International "Ennio Porrino" Piano Competition Third Prize (1998, Cagliari, Italy)
- University of Southern California Merrit Scholarship (2005, Los Angeles, USA)
- Honorar Professor DDr. Herbert Batliner award for Outstanding Achievements
(2005, Liechtenstein)
- DAAD, German Academic Exchange (2003, 2004, Germany)
- German Countess Dr. Marion Dönhoff award (2002, Germany)
- Vladimir Spivakov award (2001, Russia)
- Georgian Presidential Prize (2002, 2001, 1999, Georgia)
International Festivals
- MOZARTEUM International Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria
- MERANOFEST International Music Festival & Academy for Superior Piano, Merano, Italy
- DRESDEN International Music festival, Dresden, Germany
- Aloha International Piano Festival, Hawaii, USA
- Mannheim International Music Festival , Mannheim, Germany
International Piano Masterclasses with
Prof. Joaquin Soriano (Madrid, Spain), Prof. Jaime Ingram (Lissabon, Portugal), Prof. Karl-Heinz Kämmerling (Hannover,Germany),
Prof. Hans Leigraf (New York, USA), Prof. Vladimir Krainev (Hannover, Germany), Prof. Alexey Lubimov (Salzburg, Austria),
Prof. George Sava (Berlin, Germany), Prof. Lev Natocheny (Mannheim, Germany), Prof. Janette de Boer (Salzburg, Austria),
Prof. Sergey Dorensky (Moscow, Russia), Prof. Andre Watts (USA), Prof. Martin Canin (New York, USA)
A composer as well in many genres, Giorgi Latsabidze scored the film Waltz-Fantasy, shown in festivals
throughout Europe, winning the best music category in Italy.
Giorgi is a founding member of the team of Onward Entertainment and collaborates closely with Director J.G. Weaver musically.
He provides film scores for www.onwardentertainment.com
Hollywood, CA 90027. His most recent is the original soundtrack for the new film "Twilight's Grace" written
and directed by Jeremy Gram Weaver for Onward Entertainment (see trailer at www.gracefilm.org,
in festivals worldwide in 2007-2008).
In 2005 and 2006 K-TV Austria produced a DVD about
Giorgi Latsabidze (Portrait and Recital in Steinway Hall in Salzburg, Austria) which has been broadcast via satellite, airing in most parts of Europe
followed in 2007 by part two of the DVD (Portrait and Recitals in Vienna and Graz, Austria). "For additional information on these DVDs please contact
Manager Klaus Fruhstorfer, K-TV Editorial Office, Baumlegasse 35A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria, telephone +43 5572 56512 0, fax +43 5572 56512 30 or visit
www.k-tv.at
Giorgi recently signed a contract with SND Audio Studio and is currently engaged in a project to record all
12 Transcendental Etudes (Études d'exécution transcendante by Franz Liszt). This coming spring SND
will release a compilation recording drawn from his previous recordings including Listz's 12 Transcendental Etudes,
which will broadcast worldwide in HDTV.
This coming May 2009 he will perform at Vienna’s Rosenkavalier Palace and two days later for the Princes Maria of Liechtenstein in the Royal Palace Vaduz.
Giorgi Latsabidze is currently serving as President of USC Student
Chapter of CAPMT (California Association Professional Music Teachers).
Recently he was invited as an adjudicator at the LIANA COHEN INTERNATIONAL
MUSIC FESTIVAL AND COMPETITION (USA).
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