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Elisso Bolkvadze won numerous international piano competitions, such as Van Cliburn (USA), Vianna da Motta (Lisbon, Portugal), Axa International Piano Competition (Dublin, Ireland),arguerite Long (Paris, France). A superstar in her country of birth in Georgia, Elisso has been awarded by Georgian Government “The award of Georgian Government” and “Cultural Merit.”After she enjoyed great success at Van Cliburn International Contest, she plays many concerts in top auditorium through the world, like Kennedy Centre (Washington), Pasadena Auditorium (Los Angeles), Santa Fe Festival, Miami Arts In Florida, Orange County Center, Salle Pleyel, Salle Gaveau (Paris) Gewandhaus Orchestra (Leipzig) Radio France Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (Russia), Herkulessaal (Munich) Alte Oper (Frankfurt), National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Georgian National Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra and Theatre de Champs Elysees (Paris).
Elisso Bolkvadze collaborated with famous conductors, such as Peter Altrichter, Saulius Sondeckis, Djanzug Khakidze, Michel Tabachnik, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Laurent Petitgirard, Mihkel Kutson, Mykola Diadiura and many others.
French national TV - LCI realized a full documentary film about Elisso in Georgia and in Paris. She also regularly appears on Mezzo. Recent highlights of 2010-11 include numerous festivals, such as Ljubljana Festival, Ravello Festival (Italy), Sofia International Festival, concerts with Orchestra Colonne at Salle Pleyel and Salle Gaveau (Paris, France), Vilnius Philharmonic Orchestra (Lithuania), Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, and season opening with Tiroler Symphony orchestra Innsbruck (Austria). For 2011 and 2012 the pianist is scheduled to perform Mozart's Concert No. 21, Rachmaninov No. 2, Haydn, Prokofiev and Saint-Saëns N 2, as well as season opening with Ukrainian National Orchestra, Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in Berlin, Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Cracow, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Geneva, Athens and open air concert in Tsinandali, Georgia.
Elisso Bolkvadze's last CD “Saint-Saëns Concert No.2,” released by Cascavelle label, has met great critical acclaim in the international media.
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, in the family of literary, Elisso Bolkvadze began to play piano in very early age. She performed her first concert with orchestra at the age of seven. She studied at Tbilisi Conservatory with Professor T. Amiredjibi. Elisso Bolkvadze attended master classes with Tatiana Nikolaeva in Moscow. She later continued her studies with a Professor and Composer Michel Sogny in France and in Austria, who became an important influence on her playing. Elisso enjoys very much to help young Georgian pianists through the “Foundation SOS Talents – Michel Sogny,” and contributes to their first steps in future career.
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