Tbilisi to host concert dedicated Tchaikovsky’s 175th jubilee

Lovers of classical music will have a chance to enjoy a concert dedicated to renowned Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Tomorrow, the Grand Hall of Tbilisi State Conservatory will host a classical music concert dedicated to the 175^th jubilee anniversary of the famous composer.

Georgian international award-winning pianist Aleksandre Korsantia, who is now based in the United States, will perform as a special guest of the event.

Soloists of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre Teimuraz Gugushvili, Marika Machitidze, Irine Ratiani, Nikoloz Lagvilava, Elene Putilova and Zaal Khelaia will perform arias from famous operas of Tchaikovsky at the May 7 concert.

The event will be accompanied by Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Kintsurashvili.

Tchaikovsky's life and work was closely linked with Georgia.

Tchaikovsky visited Georgia five times during his life and had fond memories of the country, Tiflis in particular (the city was renamed Tbilisi in 1936).

"Recalling my three month journey, Tiflis brings the warmest memories. Not so often in my life did I have moments of that much happiness,” confessed the composer in one of his letters.

It was in Georgia when he started to think about the ballet Sleeping Beauty, and operas Iolanta, The Queen of Spades and where the first night of the opera The Enchantress took place.

It is considered that without Georgia, Tchaikovsky might not have composed some of his masterpieces, especially the Arab dance in the balletThe Nutcracker, where Tchaikovsky used the traditional melody from the Georgian lullaby Iavnana.