- (b. 1942), Russian and Georgian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR (1989), State Prize of the Russian Federation (2000). In 1959, after graduating from the Tbilisi Conservatory, she became its soloist. In 1962 she won third prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow... encyclopedic Dictionary
Virsaladze, Eliso Konstantinovna- VIRSALADZE Eliso Konstantinovna (born 1942), Georgian pianist. Virsaladze’s popularity was gained by his deep and subtle interpretation of the works of V.A. Mozart. The repertoire also includes music by romantic composers. ... Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary
VIRSALADZE Eliso Konstantinovna- (b. 1942) Russian and Georgian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR (1989). Since 1959 she has been a soloist of the Tbilisi Philharmonic, and since 1977 of the Moscow Philharmonic. Since 1967 he has been teaching at the Moscow Conservatory. 1st prize at the International Competition named after. R. Schumann (Zwickau,... ...
Virsaladze Eliso Konstantinovna- Eliso Konstantinovna Virsaladze (born September 14, 1942, Tbilisi) Georgian and Russian pianist, People's Artist of the Georgian SSR, People's Artist of the USSR. Contents 1 Early years 2 Creative activity ... Wikipedia
Eliso Konstantinovna Virsaladze- (born September 14, 1942, Tbilisi) Georgian and Russian pianist, People's Artist of the Georgian SSR, People's Artist of the USSR. Contents 1 Primary years 2 Creative activity ... Wikipedia
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Virsaladze- (Georgian ვირსალაძე) Georgian surname. Known media: Virsaladze, Anastasia Davydovna (1883 1968) Georgian Soviet music teacher. Virsaladze, Simon Bagratovich (1909 1989) Soviet artist set designer Virsaladze, ... ... Wikipedia
Virsaladze- owls pianists. Anastasia Davidovna V. (29 X (10 XI) 1883, Kutaisi 5IX 1968, Tbilisi) adv. art. Cargo. SSR (1960). In 1909 she graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in the php class. A. N. Esipova. From 1921 she taught at the Tbilisi Conservatory; V… … Music Encyclopedia
Virsaladze- pianists, teachers. Anastasia Davydovna (1883 1968), People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1960). Student of A. N. Esipova. Professor of the Tbilisi Conservatory (since 1932). Her granddaughter and student Eliso Konstantinovna (b. 1942), People's Artist of the USSR (1989) ... encyclopedic Dictionary
Virsaladze- Virsaladze, a family of Georgian pianists. Anastasia Davidovna (1883 1968), People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1960). Student of A. N. Esipova. Professor of the Tbilisi Conservatory (since 1932). Her granddaughter and student Eliso Konstantinovna (b. 1942), folk... ... Big Encyclopedic Dictionary
“For anyone who sees the thin, graceful figure of this woman at the piano for the first time, it is difficult to imagine that so much will will be manifested in her playing... she hypnotizes the audience from the very first notes she plays.” The pianist who convincingly proved that high art does not age and does not go out of fashion, “an incomparable performer of Schumann’s works” (S. Richter).
The name and work of this outstanding pianist are known and appreciated all over the world. Without exaggeration, we can say that each of her concerts becomes an artistic event; in each of her performances she amazes with her extraordinary power of influence, spirituality, sincerity, and emotional dedication. Svyatoslav Richter called her “an incomparable performer of Schumann’s works.” “This is an artist of great scale, perhaps the strongest female pianist now...”, wrote great pianist. “Her playing is amazing and harmonious, you can feel real poetry in it,” noted Yakov Flier after the 19-year-old pianist’s performance at the Tchaikovsky Competition. Her art was highly appreciated by the luminaries of the Russian piano school A. B. Goldenweiser, M. I. Grinberg...
Eliso Virsaladze was born in Tbilisi. Her grandmother, professor of the Tbilisi Conservatory A.D. Virsaladze (Lev Vlasenko and Dmitry Bashkirov began their careers in her class) was the pianist’s first mentor at the Z.I. Paliashvili Secondary School of Music (1950 - 1960) and the Tbilisi Conservatory (1960 - 1966). Among her Moscow teachers, Eliso Virsaladze names Heinrich Neuhaus and Yakov Zak, with whom she studied as a graduate student at the Moscow Conservatory from 1966 to 1968.
The pianist enjoyed success in competitions of various ranks. Already at the age of 15, Virsaladze became the winner of the republican youth competition, and two years later she won the title of laureate of the World Youth Festival in Vienna (1959, silver medal). This was followed by bronze awards at the All-Union Competition in 1961 and the Second International Tchaikovsky Competition (1962). An important milestone in creative biography The artist was winning first prize at the International Schumann Competition in Zwickau (Germany, 1966).
Since then, Eliso Virsaladze has given many and successful concerts. Since 1959 she has been a soloist of the Tbilisi, and since 1977 - of the Moscow Philharmonic. Her solo programs, in which works by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Schubert, Liszt, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich occupy a worthy place, brought her worldwide fame and rave reviews from reviewers. Over 70 piano concertos were performed by Virsaladze with conductors such as R. Barshai, K. Kondrashin, G. Rozhdestvensky, E. Svetlanov, Yu. Temirkanov, A. Rudin, K. Mazur, K. Sanderling, R. Muti , V. Zawallisch and many others. In the 70s, Virsaladze was the first Russian pianist to perform all of Mozart’s piano concertos.
Significant place in creative activity E. Virsaladze is engaged in chamber music playing. World recognition received her duet with cellist N. Gutman. Among her regular partners are also O. Kagan, V. Tretyakov, E. Brunner, and the Borodin Quartet. She took part in the performance of A. Schnittke's Piano Quintet, T. Mansuryan's Piano Trio, O. Taktakishvili's Cello Sonata, and a number of other works by composers of our time.
At the invitation of S. Richter, the pianist took part in the international festivals “Musical Festivals in Touraine” and “December Evenings”. Virsaladze is a permanent participant in the festival in Kreuth (since 1990) and the Moscow International Festival “Dedication to Oleg Kagan” (since 2000). Founded international festival chamber music in Telavi (Georgia).
E. Virsaladze has made numerous recordings published by Melodiya, Russian Disk, Live Classic and others: works by Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, a number of Mozart piano concertos. Her disc is included by the BMG label in the “Russian piano school». Largest quantity The pianist's solo and ensemble recordings were released by Live Classics, including works by Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, as well as all of Beethoven's cello sonatas, recorded in ensemble with N.
Gutman: this is one of the duo’s signature programs, regularly performed all over the world (including over the past year in Prague, Rome and Berlin).
The pianist was awarded the State Prize of Georgia (1983) and the R. Schumann Prize (1976). In 1971 she was awarded the title People's Artist Georgian SSR, and in 1989 - People's Artist of the USSR. In 2000 she was awarded State Prize Russia. In 2007, E. Virsaladze was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.
Since 1967, E. Virsaladze has been teaching at the Moscow Conservatory, she was an assistant to Y. Zak and L. Oborin, since 1977 - associate professor, since 1993 - professor. From 1995 to 2011 he was a professor at the Higher School of Music in Munich. Since 2010 - Professor at the Scuola di musica di Fiesole (Italy). Conducts master classes in many countries around the world. Among her students are major laureates international competitions B. Berezovsky, E. Voskresenskaya, V. Bronevetsky, Y. Katsnelson, A. Volodin, D. Kaprin, M. Kolomiytseva, A. Osminin, L. Akopova, M. Nakhapetov, T. Chernichka, O. Maceratini, E. Mirkasimova, E. Richter, D. Clinton and other famous pianists.
For a number of years, students and graduate students of E. Virsaladze took part in the philharmonic concerts of the subscription “Evenings with Eliso Virsaladze” in Great hall Moscow Conservatory.
Since 1975, E. Virsaladze has been a member of the jury of numerous prestigious international competitions, including the P.I. Competition. Tchaikovsky, named after Queen Elizabeth (Brussels), named after F. Busoni (Bolzano), named after Geza Anda (Zurich), named after Viana da Mota (Lisbon), named after A. Rubinstein (Tel Aviv), named after R. Schumann (Zwickau), in Santander, Munich, etc. President Charitable Foundation and member of the jury of the Moscow International Piano Competition named after S. Richter. Chairman of the jury of the International Piano Competition. S. Neuhaus in Chelyabinsk (2010). In May 2013, Virsaladze was a member of the jury of the Queen Elisabeth Competition (Brussels), and in June - of the international competition in Sendai (Japan).
E. Virsaladze is an artist of the Augstein Artist Management agency.
Eliso Virsaladze is a Soviet and Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR. Born on September 14, 1942 in Tbilisi. Studied in secondary specialized music school named after Z. P. Paliashvili, graduated from the Tbilisi Conservatory, where she became a soloist in 1959, and the Moscow Conservatory.
Eliso Virsaladze collaborated with symphony orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra. She worked with such figures as Evgeny Svetlanov. Svyatoslav Richter, famous pianist twentieth century, highly appreciated the skill of Eliso Virsaladze in performing the works of Robert Schumann. The pianist’s repertoire also includes works by Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich.
Since 1967, Eliso Virsaladze has been involved in teaching activities at the Moscow Conservatory, the Higher School of Music in Munich, the Fiesole Music School.
Eliso Virsaladze is a laureate of the II International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, the IV International R. Schumann Competition in Zwickau, and is a state prize holder Russian Federation in the field of literature and art.
Eliso Virsaladze – performance poster for the 2019-2020 season*
December 01, 2019 – starts at 18:00
Concert hall " Big Guild» / Great Guild Hall / Latvia, Riga
Solo concert
Piano part:
December 05, 2019 – starts at 19:00
Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall / Lithuanian National Philiharmonic Hall / Lithuania, Vilnius
VI Vilnius Piano Music Festival
Solo concert
Piano part:
The program includes works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Robert Schumann, Sergei Prokofiev
December 21, 2019 – starts at 20.00
/ Russia, Saint-Petersburg
Solo concert
Program: Robert Schumann Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev
December 26, 2019 – starts at 19:00
/ Russia Moscow
Solo concert
Piano part: Eliso Virsaladze
January 11, 2020 – starts at 15:00
Kobe BunkeHall/ Japan, Kobe
Concert with the Kobe Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Rüdiger Bon
Piano part:
The program includes works by Ludwig van Beethoven
January 13, 2020 – starts at 15:00
Kanagawa Concert Hall / Kanagawa Prefectural Music Hall / Japan, Kanagawa
Solo concert
Piano part:
The program includes works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Robert Schumann, Sergei Prokofiev
January 15, 2020 – starts at 19:00
Baroque Hall /Kyoto Baroque Hall/ Japan, Kyoto
Solo concert
Piano part:
The program includes works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Robert Schumann, Sergei Prokofiev
January 17, 2020 – starts at 19:00
Asahi Symphony Hall / Hamarikyu Asahi Hall / Japan, Tokyo
Solo concert
Piano part:
The program includes works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Robert Schumann, Sergei Prokofiev
February 10, 2020 – starts at 20:45
Milan Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi / Conservatorio Verdi / Italy, Milan
Solo concert
Piano part:
The concert program will be announced later
February 21, 2020 – starts at 19:00
Poznan National Philharmonic Hall / Poznan National Philiharmonic Hall / Poland, Poznan
Concert with the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Ariel Zuckerman
Piano part:
, Gustav Mahler
February 28, 2020 – starts at 19:00
/ Russia Moscow
Concert with the State Chamber Orchestra of Russia
Conductor: Alexey Utkin
Piano part: Eliso Virsaladze
State Academic chamber orchestra Russia
The concert program will be announced later
March 14, 2020 – starts at 18:00
Minato Mirai Concert Hall /Minato Mirai Hall/ Japan, Yokohama
Conductor: Kenichiro Kobayashi
Piano part:
March 15, 2020 – starts at 14:30
Suntory Hall Concert Hall, Main Hall /Suntory Hall:
Main Hall/ Japan Tokyo
Concert with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Kenichiro Kobayashi
Piano part:
The program includes works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Hector Berlioz
April 02, 2020 – starts at 19:00
/ Russia Moscow
Concert with the Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Anatoly Levin
Piano part:
The program includes works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
April 7, 2020 – starts at 19:00
/ Russia Moscow
Solo concert
Piano part: Eliso Virsaladze
The concert program will be announced later
April 12, 2020 – starts at 20:00
Great Hall / Russia, St. Petersburg
Conductor:
Piano part: Eliso Virsaladze
The program includes works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Modest Mussorgsky
April 17, 2020 – concert time to be confirmed
Hall symphonic music"Acros" / Fukuoka Symphony Hall (Acros Fukuoka) / Japan, Fukuoka
Concert with the Honored Ensemble of Russia Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Conductor:
Piano part:
The program includes works by Robert Schumann
April 19, 2020 – concert time to be confirmed
Kumamoto Prefectural Theater / Japan, Kumamoto
Concert with the Honored Russian Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Conductor:
Piano part:
The program includes works by Robert Schumann
April 20, 2020 – concert time to be confirmed
Concert Hall "Bunka Kaikan" / Tokyo Bunka Kaikan / Japan, Tokyo
Concert with the Honored Ensemble of Russia Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Conductor:
Piano part:
The program includes works by Robert Schumann
June 14, 2020 – starts at 19:00
Solo concert
Piano part: Eliso Virsaladze
The concert program will be announced later
July 3, 2020 – starts at 19:00
Small Hall / Russia, St. Petersburg
Concert with the Taneyev String Quartet
Piano part: Eliso Virsaladze
Taneyev String Quartet consisting of: Ilya Kozlov (violin), Denis Gonchar (viola), Dmitry Koryavko (violin), Dmitry Khrychev (cello)
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“I pay tribute to her concept and her extraordinary musicality. This is an artist of great scale, perhaps the strongest female pianist today... She is a very honest musician, and at the same time she has real modesty.” (Svyatoslav Richter)
Eliso Virsaladze was born in Tbilisi. She studied the art of piano playing from her grandmother Anastasia Virsaladze (Lev Vlasenko and Dmitry Bashkirov also started in her class) - a famous pianist and teacher, an elder of the Georgian pianistic school, a student of Anna Esipova (mentor of Sergei Prokofiev). She attended her class at the Paliashvili Secondary School of Music (1950-1960), and under her leadership she graduated from the Tbilisi Conservatory (1960-1966). In 1966-1968 she studied at the graduate school of the Moscow Conservatory, where her teacher was Yakov Zak. “I loved to do everything myself - whether right or wrong, but on my own... Probably it’s in my character,” says the pianist. “And of course, I was lucky to have teachers: I never knew what pedagogical dictatorship was.” First solo concert gave, being a 10th grade student; The program includes two sonatas by Mozart, an intermezzo by Brahms, Schumann's Eighth Novella, and a Polka by Rachmaninoff. “When working with my granddaughter,” wrote Anastasia Virsaladze, “I decided not to even resort to etudes at all, except for the etudes of Chopin and Liszt, but selected the appropriate repertoire... and Special attention devoted herself to Mozart’s works, which allowed her to polish her skills to the utmost.”
Laureate VII World Festival Youth and Students in Vienna (1959, 2nd prize, silver medal), All-Union Competition of Performing Musicians in Moscow (1961, 3rd prize), II International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1962, 3rd prize, bronze medal), IV International Competition Schumann in Zwickau (1966, 1st prize, gold medal), Schumann Prize (1976). “Eliso Virsaladze left a wonderful impression,” Yakov Flier said about her performance at the Tchaikovsky Competition. “Her playing is surprisingly harmonious, you can feel real poetry in it. The pianist understands style perfectly performed works, conveys their content with great freedom, confidence, ease, and real artistic taste.”
Since 1959 - soloist of the Tbilisi, since 1977 - Moscow Philharmonic. Since 1967 he has been teaching at the Moscow Conservatory, first as an assistant to Lev Oborin (until 1970), then to Yakov Zak (1970-1971). Since 1971 he has taught his own class, since 1977 he has been an associate professor, and since 1993 he has been a professor. Professor at the Higher School of Music and Theater in Munich (1995-2011). Since 2010 – professor at the Fiesole School of Music (Scuola di Musica di Fiesole) in Italy. Gives master classes in many countries around the world. Among her students are laureates of international competitions Boris Berezovsky, Ekaterina Voskresenskaya, Yakov Katsnelson, Alexey Volodin, Dmitry Kaprin, Marina Kolomiytseva, Alexander Osminin, Stanislav Khegai, Mamikon Nakhapetov, Tatyana Chernichka, Dinara Clinton, Sergei Voronov, Ekaterina Richter and others.
Since 1975, Virsaladze has been a member of the jury of numerous international competitions, including the Tchaikovsky, Queen Elisabeth (Brussels), Busoni (Bolzano), Geza Anda (Zurich), Viana da Mota (Lisbon), Rubinstein (Tel Aviv), Schumann ( Zwickau), Richter (Moscow), etc. At the XII Tchaikovsky Competition (2002), Virsaladze refused to sign the jury protocol, disagreeing with the majority opinion.
Performs with the world's largest orchestras in Europe, the USA, and Japan; worked with such conductors as Rudolf Barshai, Lev Marquis, Kirill Kondrashin, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Evgeny Svetlanov, Yuri Temirkanov, Riccardo Muti, Kurt Sanderling, Dmitry Kitayenko, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Kurt Masur, Alexander Rudin and others. Performed in ensembles with Svyatoslav Richter , Oleg Kagan, Eduard Brunner, Viktor Tretyakov, the Borodin Quartet and other outstanding musicians. A particularly long and close artistic partnership connects Virsaladze with Natalia Gutman; their duet is one of the longest-living chamber ensembles of the Moscow Philharmonic.
Virsaladze's art was highly appreciated by Alexander Goldenveiser, Heinrich Neuhaus, Yakov Zak, Maria Grinberg, Svyatoslav Richter. At the invitation of Richter, the pianist took part in the international festivals “Musical Festivals in Touraine” and “December Evenings”. Virsaladze is a permanent participant in the festival in Kreuth (since 1990) and the Moscow International Festival “Dedication to Oleg Kagan” (since 2000). Founded the international chamber music festival in Telavi (held annually in 1984-1988, resumed in 2010). In September 2015, under her artistic direction, the chamber music festival “Eliso Virsaladze Presents” was held in Kurgan.
For a number of years, her students took part in the philharmonic concerts of the “Evenings with Eliso Virsaladze” subscription at the BZK. Among the monograph programs last decade, played by students and graduate students of her class - works by Mozart in transcriptions for 2 pianos (2006), all Beethoven sonatas (cycle of 4 concerts, 2007/2008), all etudes (2010) and Liszt's Hungarian rhapsodies (2011), piano sonatas Prokofiev (2012), etc. Since 2009, Virsaladze and students of her class have been participating in subscription chamber music concerts held at the Moscow Conservatory (a project of professors Natalia Gutman, Eliso Virsaladze and Irina Kandinskaya).
“I get a lot from teaching, and there is a purely selfish interest in this. Starting with the fact that pianists have a gigantic repertoire. And sometimes I instruct a student to learn a piece that I would like to play myself, but do not have time for. And so it turns out that I study it willy-nilly. What else? You are growing something. Thanks to your participation, what is inherent in your student comes out - this is very pleasant. And this is not only musical development, but also human development.”
Virsaladze's first recordings were made at the Melodiya company - works by Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, and a number of piano concertos by Mozart. Her disc is included by the BMG label in the “Russian Piano School” series. The largest number of her solo and ensemble recordings were released by Live Classics, including works by Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, as well as all of Beethoven’s cello sonatas, recorded in ensemble with Natalia Gutman: this is still one of the duo’s signature programs , regularly performed all over the world (including over the past year - in the best halls Prague, Rome and Berlin). Like Gutman, Virsaladze is represented in the world by the Augstein Artist Management agency.
Virsaladze’s repertoire includes works by Western European composers of the 18th-19th centuries. (Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Brahms), works by Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Virsaladze is cautious about modern music; however, she took part in the performance of Schnittke's Piano Quintet, Mansurian's Piano Trio, Taktakishvili's Cello Sonata, and a number of other works by composers of our time. “In life, it turns out that I play the music of some composers more than others,” she says. – In recent years, my concert and pedagogical life so intense that you often can’t focus on one composer for long. I am delighted to play almost all the authors of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. I think that the composers who composed at that time had practically exhausted the possibilities of the piano as a musical instrument. In addition, they were all unrivaled performers of their kind.”
People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1971). People's Artist of the USSR (1989). Laureate of the State Prize of the Georgian SSR named after Shota Rustaveli (1983), State Prize of the Russian Federation (2000). Knight of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2007).
"Is it possible to wish the best Schumann after Schumann, played today by Virsaladze? I think that after Neuhaus I have not heard such a Schumann. Today's Klavierabend was a real revelation - Virsaladze began to play even better... Her technique is perfect and amazing. She sets standards for pianists.” (Svyatoslav Richter)
Laureate national award GDR named after R. Schumann (1976).
Laureate of the State Prize of the Georgian SSR named after Sh. Rustaveli (1983).
Laureate of the State Prize of Russia (2000).
Knight of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2007).
Laureate of the VII World Festival of Youth and Students in Vienna (1959, 2nd prize, silver medal);
All-Union Competition of Performing Musicians in Moscow (1961, 3rd prize);
II International Competition named after P.I. Tchaikovsky (1962, 3rd prize, bronze medal);
IV International R. Schumann Competition in Zwickau (1966, 1st prize).
Born on September 14, 1942 in Tbilisi. In 1950-1960 she studied at the Secondary School of Music named after Z. I. Paliashvili, in 1960-1966 - at the Tbilisi Conservatory with her grandmother Anastasia Davidovna Virsaladze, famous pianist and teacher, student A. N. Esipova, professor, People's Artist of the Georgian SSR. In 1966-1968 she studied as a graduate student at the Moscow Conservatory with Professor Ya. I. Zak.
Since 1959 she has been a soloist of the Tbilisi Philharmonic, in 1962-69 - the Georgian Philharmonic, and since 1977 - the Moscow Philharmonic. Tours intensively throughout the country and abroad with solo, chamber and symphony concerts. The pianist’s extensive repertoire includes works by Russian, Soviet and foreign composers different eras: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and others.
Virsaladze's performing arts were highly appreciated outstanding musicians XX century: A. B. Goldenweiser, G. G. Neuhaus (who often listened to the pianist in her school and conservatory years, and also advised her during the preparation for the Tchaikovsky competition), Ya. I. Zak, M. I. Grinberg, S. T. Richter and many others. “Her playing is amazing and harmonious, you can feel real poetry in it,” noted Y.V. Flier after the performance of a 19-year-old pianist at the Tchaikovsky Competition. “Can one wish for a better Schumann after the Schumann played by Virsaladze today? I think that after<Генриха>I have never heard Neuhaus like Schumann,” S.T. wrote in his diary. Richter, who had great respect for Virsaladze’s work. At the invitation of Richter, the pianist took part in the international festivals “Musical Festivals in Touraine” and “December Evenings”. Virsaladze is a permanent participant in the festival in Kreuth (since 1990) and the Moscow International Festival “Dedication to Oleg Kagan” (since 2000). She founded the international chamber music festival in Telavi (held annually from 1984-1988, resumed in 2010).
Over 70 concerts for piano and orchestra were performed by Virsaladze with such conductors as K. P. Kondrashin, G. N. Rozhdestvensky, E. F. Svetlanov, Yu. Kh. Temirkanov, A. I. Rudin, K. Mazur, K. Sanderling, R. Muti, V. Zavallisch and others. In the 70s, Virsaladze was the first Russian pianist to perform all of Mozart’s piano concertos.
Chamber music playing occupies a significant place in the pianist’s creative activity. Among her regular partners are N. G. Gutman and O. M. Kagan, V. V. Tretyakov and E. Brunner, the Borodin Quartet and others.
She has made numerous recordings published by Melodiya, Russian Disk, Live Classic and others.
Pedagogical activity
Since 1967, E.K. Virsaladze teaches at the Moscow Conservatory: first as an assistant to L. N. Oborin (until 1970), then to Ya. I. Zak (1970-1971). Since 1971 he has been teaching his own class, since 1977 - associate professor, since 1993 - professor (academic title - 1997). In 1995-2011 she also taught at the Munich University High school music and theater. Since 2010 - Professor at the Scuola di musica di Fiesole (Italy). The pianist gives master classes in many countries around the world.
Among her students are laureates of major international competitions B. Berezovsky, E. Voskresenskaya, V. Bronevetsky, Y. Katsnelson, A. Volodin, D. Kaprin, M. Kolomiytseva, A. Osminin, L. Akopova, M. Nakhapetov, T Chernichka, O. Maceratini, E. Mirkasimova and others.
For a number of years, students and graduate students of E.K. Virsaladze took part in the philharmonic concerts of the “Evenings with Eliso Virsaladze” subscription, performing annually in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, performing solo programs and works for piano and orchestra.
Among the concert programs-monographs recent years, played by students and graduate students of Virsaladze’s class - works by Mozart in transcriptions for two pianos (2006), Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas (cycle of four concerts, 2007/2008), all etudes (2010) and all Hungarian Liszt rhapsodies (2011), piano sonatas Prokofiev (2012) and others.
Since 2009, Virsaladze and students of her class regularly participate in subscription chamber music concerts held at the Moscow Conservatory (project of professors N. G. Gutman, E. K. Virsaladze and I. M. Kandinskaya).
Since 1975, E. K. Virsaladze has been a member of the jury of numerous international competitions, including the P. I. Tchaikovsky, Queen Elizabeth (Brussels), F. Busoni (Bolzano), Geza Anda (Zurich), named after Viana da Mota (Lisbon), named after A. Rubinstein (Tel Aviv), named after R. Schumann (Zwickau), etc.
Memories:
- About L.N. Vlasenko: in collection: Lev Vlasenko. Articles, memories, interviews.
- M., Publishing house "Composer", 2002. pp. 24-25.
- About M.I. Grinberg: in collection: Maria Grinberg. Articles. Memories. Materials. M., 1987. S. 114-116; “The Pianist’s Legacy” // Ibid. pp. 289-291.
- About Ya.I. Zake: “An inspired and strict artist” // in the collection: Articles, materials, memories, M., 1980. P.185.