Performance in celebration of Women's day
Mar
13

Performance in celebration of Women's day

Performing Georgian music at the Royal Overseas League in London, an event celebrating Georgian women organized by the Georgian Embassy and HE Ambassador Sophie Katsarava in the UK.

Below, you can watch a documentary on Georgian women by Elene Montgomery, featuring Salome Chitaia:
https://youtu.be/9EjKkhI71XI?si=JSdjvKFxbxXIKDSt

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Conference: “Piano playing styles of the 19th century”
Feb
8

Conference: “Piano playing styles of the 19th century”

Presentation on Ravel’s piano rolls - lecture-recital

According to accounts of his friends and colleagues, Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) was notoriously known for his attention to detail in his compositions. The composer’s Welte Mignon 1913 piano roll recordings of Sonatine and Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (as well the 1922 Duo Art recordings of Pavane pour une infante defunte et ‘Oiseaux Tristes’ from Miroirs), give a rare insight into the creative mind of Maurice Ravel and his preferences in performing these pieces. Despite the shortcomings of the piano rolls and the widespread idea that Ravel was not as great of a pianist as some of his contemporaries, there is a great deal we can learn from exploring the composer’s own performances. The presentation will conclude with a performance of Sonatine on an Erard instrument, a favourite of the composer.

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Peter Donohoe Plays with Salome Chitaia
Nov
10

Peter Donohoe Plays with Salome Chitaia

Peter Donohoe piano

Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales
Debussy La plus que lente
Chopin Waltz in G flat - Molto vivace, 3 Waltzes, Waltz in A flat - Vivace
R Schumann Variations on the name “Abegg”
Chopin 3 Waltzes

Peter Donohoe and Salomé Chitaia piano duo

Ravel From the suite Ma Mère l’Oye - Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête, La Valse - Poème chorégraphique pour orchestre (transcribed for two pianos by the composer)

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An evening of vocal music
May
26

An evening of vocal music

An evening of vocal and piano music

Salome Chitaia, piano
Elene Khonelidze, soprano
Irina Sherazadishvili, mezzo

Beethoven - Sonata no. 27 in e minor op. 90

Strauss - 4 lieder, op. 27

Mahler - Ruckert Lieder

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Georgian Immigrant Musicians in Tbilisi
May
4

Georgian Immigrant Musicians in Tbilisi

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With Yuri Kuroda (violin), Archil Kharadze (viola) and Manana Gotsiridze (piano)

Programme:

Brahms Sonata in F minor for Clarinet and Piano (transcribed for viola)
Shaverzashvili – Scherzo
Azarashvili – Poem and Scherzo
Guastavino – Tres Romances

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Night Serenades Music Festival with virtuoso violinist Geza-Hosszu Legocky
Aug
28

Night Serenades Music Festival with virtuoso violinist Geza-Hosszu Legocky

Programme:
Sinding – Suite
Saint-Saens – Introduction and Rondo Cappricioso op.28
Saint-Saens – Havanaise op. 83
Kreisler – Praeludium and Allegro
Debussy – The girl with the flaxen hair
Debussy – Beau Soir
Debussy – La plus que lente
Debussy – Cakewalk
Gershwin – Three preludes
Tchaikovsy – Meditation in d minor op. 42 no. 1
Sarasate – Gypsy airs

Encore: 5 little piece for two violins by Shostakovich with the renowned violinist Gia Jashvili

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