SVEČIAI IŠ SAKARTVELO: „NUO IŠTAKŲ IKI NŪDIENOS“

GUESTS FROM SAKARTVELO: "FROM THE ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT"
2024 November 10 6 p.m. St. Catherine's Church (Vilnius)

David AKOPIAN (violin)
Milena DŽALALBEKOVA (violin)
Giorgi GURGENADZE (cello)
Marika KUKHIANIDZE (piano )

In the concert program - works by Gabriel Faure, Vazha Azarashvili, Sulkhan Tsintsadze

DAVID AKOPIAN ( violin) - Tbilisi State Conservatory Prof. Graduate of Ernest Arakelov. Studied at the master courses of famous pedagogues - L. Isakadze, L. Luca, J. Gilman, T. Polozova, H. Hochschild, etc. He performed solo as a member of the K. Vardeli String Quartet and Symphony Orchestra at festivals in Germany, Italy, Poland, the Baltic States, Malta, etc. Participated in projects such as Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie (Pleystein, Germany, 2018), Summer Music Academy at Hundisburg Castle (Germany, 2019), Malta Chamber Music Competition-Festival (2020), "Night Serenades" 2019-2021 at the Tsinandali festival - one of the biggest classical music festivals in the world (in 2022, Sakartvelas, Tsinandali). Spell" at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic and Tbilisi State Conservatory. For the past three years, David Akopian has worked as the concertmaster of the G. Kancheli Youth Orchestra, as well as the Sakartveli Philharmonic Orchestra.

MILENA JALALBEKOVA (violin) - a graduate of Tbilisi State Conservatory, national and international laureate of competitions and festivals: 2010 and 2011 1st place winner of the "Art School" festival-competition; awarded the prize for outstanding performance at the Georgian Frescos festival; Winner of the 3rd national classical music competition "Art Academy" and winner of the diploma for the best performance of Mozart's work; in 2013, the 1st place winner of the following festivals-competitions: "German music", "Under the One Sky" and "The Music of the XX century" , where she was also awarded for the best interpretation and performance by G. Kancheli in Tbilisi Youth Orchestra in 2022.

MARIKA KUKHIANIDZE (piano) - laureate of national and international competitions and festivals: 2011 "Golden Taste" international competition - 1st prize (Germany); in 2012 - 1st place prize in the "Art Academy" young artists' competition; 2013 - 1st place prize in the N. Gabunija international competition; 2015 - "Best Artist" special award of the young artists' competition; in 2016 - T. Amiredžibi international competition - 1st place prize; in 2018 - participated in the festival dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Tbilisi State Conservatory and became a laureate of the F. Chopin Young Artists Competition. in 2021 entered Tbilisi State Van Sarajishvili Conservatory, E. Rusishvili's class. Several times he participated in master courses at the Telavi International Elis Virsaladze Festival. From 2022 continues his studies in Finland, at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki University of Art.

GIORGI GURGENADZE (cello) - laureate of national and international competitions and festivals. He started active concert activity since childhood and continues as a student at the Tbilisi State Conservatory. in 2022 he moved to Glasgow as an Erasmus+ exchange student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and began studying with Martin Storey. He participated in various projects: Grit Orchestra, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Scottish Women Composers Day. He also participated in the Celtic Connections festival in 2023. Giorgi is a member of the chamber group "Georgian Chamber Soloist". in 2024 became a scholarship holder of the "Toradze International Music Festival" after the master classes organized by Moises Molina. He performs with solo programs, as well as chamber ensembles and orchestras.

Concert organizers – Center for Folklore and Ethnography of Lithuanian National Minorities, Slavic Traditional Music School
Partners – Vilnius City Municipality, Lithuanian National Philharmonic, St. Catherine's Church

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