UNESCO-supported Batumi Music Fest to be held in September
The ten-day festival organised by the Lyra Foundation of internationally celebrated Georgian pianist Elisso Bolkvadze will be held under high patronage of the UNESCO between September 1-10. Photo: elisso-bolkvadze.com
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Internationally recognised musical artists, local performers and emerging young talent will make Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi the place to go for classical music enthusiasts during the Batumi Music Fest in early September.
The ten-day festival organised by the Lyra Foundation of internationally celebrated Georgian pianist Elisso Bolkvadze will be held under high patronage of the UNESCO between September 1-10.
This festival is also supported by the President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili and the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport.
Bolkvadze established the festival through her charity foundation in 2013. Thanks to their effort the event became the first Georgian festival to join the European Festivals Association in 2015.
Recognised as the only cultural project in Georgia bearing the UNESCO title, the festival aims to support young promising musicians and to help them pave the path to the wider international audience.
The celebration of classical music will not be limited to artist appearances — the Music Fest will also host an “art camp” programme of trainings for up to 300 young people from various parts of Georgia.
Born in Tbilisi, Elisso Bolkvadze performed at her first concert with orchestra at age seven, before embarking on a stellar career yielding awards for her performances and cultural promotion.
The Georgian pianist launched her international career in Switzerland and France before worldwide recognition made her a much coveted artist across Europe and the United States.
The award-winning pianist has performed at venues including the Konzerthaus Berlin, Kennedy Centre in Washington and Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris.
She has been recognised with cultural awards including the Order of Arts and Literature, a top French state prize.
Bolkvadze also became Georgia's first UNESCO Artist for Peace when she was awarded the title by UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova in 2015.
The internationally celebrated Georgian pianist Elisso Bolkvadze has been awarded the Order of Honour of Georgia, a major state prize, ahead of the launch of the Batumi Music Fest led by the artist.
Internationally recognised musical artists, local performers and emerging young talent will make Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi the place to go for classical music enthusiasts during the Batumi Music Fest starting early next month.
Famous Georgian pianist Elisso Bolkvadze joined star actor and UNESCO Special Envoy Angelina Jolie for a special tribute to the late United Nations (UN) diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday.
Internationally celebrated musical artists including pianists Alexander Gadjiev and Lydie Solomon and clarinetist Claudio Mansutti will join UNESCO Artist for Peace Elisso Bolkvadze and other acclaimed performers in this year’s Batumi Black Sea Music and Art Festival starting next week.
Acclaimed classical artists, emerging young talent and music critics will make Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi a destination to visit within next month’s Batumi MusicFest.
Georgia's Black Sea city of Batumi will join locations across all five continents that form the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, a project celebrating hotspots of creative industries and offering opportunities for experience-sharing and collaboration throughout the globe.
Cellist Alexander Hülshoff and pianist Alexandra Massaleva will be among the headlining performers at this year's Batumi Black Sea Music & Art Festival, a popular celebration of classical music in the seaside city that has been enriched with multi-faceted art forms in recent editions.