Mariam Batsashvili

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

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

Biography
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.

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.[1][2]

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 Organisation (ECHO).[3]

Since 2017 she has been an official Yamaha artist.

Between 2017 and 2019, Mariam Batsashvili was one of the BBC's New Generation Artists [4]

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

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


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