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Mariam Batsashvili

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Mariam Batsashvili
Background information
Born (1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 (age 31)
Tbilisi, Georgia
GenresClassical
OccupationPianist
Years active2004–present
Websitewww.mariam-piano.com

Mariam Batsashvili (Georgian: მარიამ ბაწაშვილი) is a classical pianist from Georgia.

Biography

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Mariam Batsashvili and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands in 2014.

Batsashvili started playing piano when she was 5 under Natalia Natsvlishvili at the E. Mikeladze Central Music School before continuing at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar with Grigory Gruzman.[1] In 2014, she won the 10th Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht, after having already triumphed in the International Franz Liszt Competition for Young Pianists in Weimar in 2011.[2][3]

The following year, she had received the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize and she spent the 2016–17 season as a ‘Rising Star’ of the European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO).[4]

Since 2017 she has been an official Yamaha artist.

Between 2017 and 2019, Mariam Batsashvili was one of the BBC's New Generation Artists [5]

In 2019, her debut album with Warner Classics (Chopin-Liszt) was released.

References

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  1. ^ http://www.mariam-piano.com
  2. ^ Biography Mariam Batsashvili First Prize winner of the 10th Liszt Competition
  3. ^ Prize winners 1986-2014 - International Franz Liszt Piano Competition
  4. ^ "Pianist Mariam Batsashvili signs to Warner Classics". Gramophone. May 7, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  5. ^ New Generation Artists A to Z