Chairman

Conductor. Full professor of the Tbilisi State Conservatory, artistic director and chief conductor of the Polish Baltic Frederic Chopin Philharmonic Orchestra

Winners and Nominees of Kutaisi M. Balanchivadze Young Musicians’ International Competition 2022:

Winners of the 1st prize:

1. Bachi Mikeladze - I category - Batumi. R. Lagidze Music school. Teacher: Natalia Oragvelidze.

2. Dea Abakelia-Gverdtsiteli - II category - Tbilisi. V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory. Teacher Nutsa Chirakadze.

3. Mariam Chakhvadze - III category - Tbilisi. V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory. Teacher: Nino Katamadze.

Winners of the II prize:

1. Avtandil Vartagava - I category - Tbilisi. Central Music School.  Teacher: Dodo Tsintsadze.

2. Giorgi Megrelishvili - I category - Kutaisi. Z. Anjafaridze N3 music school. Teacher: Natela Devidze.

3. Giorgi Arabidze - II category - Kutaisi. M. Balanchivadze Central Music School. Teacher: Leda Kankava.

4. Ilia Lomtatidze - III category - Tbilisi. V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory. Teacher: Nino Katamadze.

5. Giorgi Shiolashvili - III category - Tbilisi. V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory, Norwegian Academy of Music (Oslo) Teacher: Nino Katamadze.

Winners of the III prize:

1. Tinatin Tvalavadze - I category - Kutaisi. M. Balanchivadze N1 music school. Teacher: Teona Kuridze.

2. Devid Todua - I category - Kutaisi. Z. Anjafaridze N3 music school. Teacher: Lavaleta Tsotseria.

3. Giorgi Ebanoidze - II category – Graduator of Kutaisi M. Balanchivadze Central Music School (Teacher Proff. Tsitsino Todua)

4. Anri Kakabadze - II category - Batumi. R. Lagidze Music school. Teacher: Natalia Oragvelidze

5. Natia Machitadze - III category - Tbilisi. V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory. Teacher: Lali Sanikidze.

6. Lillet Sargsian - III category - Lithuania. Kaunas. Music Academy of Vytautas Magnus University. Teacher: Donaldas Rachis

N o m i n a t i o n s :

Nomination - the Best Performance of a Georgian Piece - the prize of the Georgian Composers Union:

1. Davit Todua - I category - Kutaisi. Z. Anjafaridze N3 music school. Teacher: Lavaleta Tsotseria.

2. Revaz Marshania - II category - Tbilisi. Central Music School. Teacher: Nata Magaliashvili.

3. Mariam Chakhvadze - III category - Tbilisi. V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory.  Teacher: Nino Katamadze.

Nomination - Best Performance:

1. Prize of Tbilisi State Conservatory - "For the Best Performance of a Complex Form" - Giorgi Arabidze - II category - Kutaisi. M. Balanchivadze Central Music School. Teacher: Leda Kankava.

2. The Best Performance of a Polyphonic Work - Bachi Mikeladze - I category - Batumi. R. Lagidze Music school. Teacher: Natalia Oragvelidze.

3. Virtuosic Performance - Giorgi Arabidze - II category - Kutaisi. M. Balanchivadze Central Music School. Teacher: Leda Kankava.

Nomination - Future Perspective:

Prize of the NGO Foundation "Abkhazinterconti" - Salome Guliashvili - I category - Tbilisi. Central Music School. Teacher: Nata Magalashvili.

Nomination - Artistry:

1. Prize of the Academy of Music of the University of Georgia and Valerian Shiukashvili personal prize - Giorgi Arabidze - II category - Kutaisi. M. Balanchivadze Central Music School. Teacher: Leda Kankava. (V. Shiukashvili also awarded the nominee with a solo concert at the Academy of Music and exemption from registration fees in competitions organized by him).

Nomination - Sympathy of the Jury:

Beka Babunashvili - II category - Kutaisi. M. Balanchivadze Central Music School. Teacher: Manana Kikabidze.

Nomination - "Olia and Larisa Zaitsev Award"

1. Beka Babunashvili - II category - Kutaisi. M. Balanchivadze Central Music School. Teacher: Manana Kikabidze.

The prize of Inga Bochorishvili the Head of the Kutaisi Revenue Service  Center.

Nomination - the Best Teacher:

1. The prize of Georgian Music Society "The Prize of Anastasia Virsaladze" was awarded to Nino Katamadze, Associate Professor of the Tbilisi State Conservatory, Honored Artist of Georgia.

2. The teachers of the Competition Laureates were awarded by the title of the “Best Teacher” and prizes:

Nutsa Chirakadze (Tbilisi State Conservatory, People's Artist of Georgia),

Natalia Oragvelidze (Batumi R. Lagidze Music School),

Leda Kankava, Professor Tsitsino Todua (Kutaisi M. Balanchivadze Central Music School),

Lavaleta Tsotseria (Kutaisi Z. Anjaparidze N3 music school).

The Competition organizers congratulate all the winners and nominees, thank all the participants of the competition, teachers, heads of music schools, educational institutions and Tbilisi State Conservatory for their active participation in the competition.

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