Year of birth: 2007
Place of birth: Tbilisi
Educated in: Tbilisi
Place of residence: Tbilisi
(Plays in Paris)
R. Wagner Elegy ‘Schmachtend‘, WWV 93 O. Messiaen Première communion de la Vierge, from ‘Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus’ J. Brahms Piano sonata No. 1 in C-dur, op. 1
Pianist Ana Paitchadze is emerging as one of the most profound musical minds of her generation. Currently studying under Manana Gotsiridze at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, she began her training at the age of five with Nino Maisuradze A Toradze Foundation scholar and alumna of the Lieven Piano Foundation, she has received guidance from elite mentors, including Elisso Virsaladze, Cyprien Katsaris, Michel Béroff, Pascal Nemirovski, Alexander Korsantia, Nicolas Namoradze, and Eldar Nebolsin. After winning multiple national Grand Prix titles and an honour prize at the 2024 Vigo International Piano Competition, her distinctive path is highlighted by her own piano transcriptions and by a dedicated project to record monumental masterworks, including Beethoven’s 32 sonatas.
Withdrawn candidates:
Daria Podorozhnova
Qinyaoyao Ji
Jeongwoo Lee