Tsotne Zedginidze

Georgian pianist and composer Tsotne Zedginidze, born in 2009, comes from a distinguished musical family.

His great-grandfather was composer Niko Sulkhanishvili and his grandmother pianist Nino Mamradze, with whom he began piano studies at age five. At ten, he gave his first solo recital in Tbilisi and shortly after performed with the Georgian National Philharmonic Orchestra, playing Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2. In 2024, Sir Simon Rattle invited him to perform works by Schoenberg, Bartók, and Poulenc. In January 2025, his First Symphony had its world premiere at Mozartwoche Salzburg and was subsequently performed throughout Europe. Alongside his solo career, he gives recitals and orchestra performances across Europe and Asia. He currently studies at Hochschule Hanns Eisler Berlin and at the affiliated Barenboim-Said Academy with Jörg Widmann (composition) and Sir András Schiff (piano).

Programme
M. Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
T. Zedginidze: Suite
F. Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20, D 959

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