Award-winning pianist Nicolas Namoradze in Konzerthaus Berlin performance
Pianist Nicolas Namoradze will be brought to the Berlin venue by organisers of the Honens International Piano Competition, which he won in its most recent edition. Photo: Nathan Elson.
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Award-winning young piano artist Nicolas Namoradze will be hosted for a solo concert at the Konzerthaus Berlin venue to offer his rendition of "a series of fascinating musical connections" showcasing his talent later this month.
Namoradze, winner of the major Honens International Piano Competition in 2018, will be brought to the capital city's performance hall by organisers of the high-profile competition next week for a programme of works by Bach and Scriabin.
Billed as an Azrieli Foundation Debut Series recital, the show involving "fascinating cross-temporal musical relationships" (Honens competition), with the first half presenting his take on Scriabin's Black Mass sonata and Sinfonia No. 9 and Partita No. 6 by Bach.
More of Scriabin's work in addition to Namoradze's own Etudes will be offered to the audience in the second part of the programme, with the event concluding with the former's Sonata No. 4.
Read classical music review platform Bachtrack's interview with Nicolas Namoradze about the artist's rise to prominence with his 2018 win at the Honens competition:
We spoke to pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze about what happened after his victory at the 2018 @honens https://t.co/Nz0lPJFKHv
— Bachtrack (@bachtrack) 15 January 2020
The pianist shot to international recognition with his win at the 2018 edition of the Honens triennial, where the then-26-year-old claimed the top prize and was hailed for his "remarkable clarity of execution, refinement and variety of tone, and his uncanny ability to make even the most ordinary passagework sound meaningful and distinctive” (Calgary Herald).
The young artist, whose final performances at the event featured the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major by Brahms, was also praised by the newspaper as “a pianist’s pianist”, noting his talents in interpretation and refinement.
Namoradze has also been praised as “sparkling … sensitive and coloristic” (New York Times) and “simply gorgeous” (Wall Street Journal).
The artist completed his undergraduate studies in Vienna, Florence and Budapest before receiving a master’s degree from the Juilliard School in New York. As a composer he has produced film scores for Walking Painting, directed by Fabienne Verdier, and Nuit d’opéra à Aix, a short made in association with the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.
The Konzerthaus Berlin performance will be held on January 26.