Giorgi Latso
Giorgi Latso (born April 15, 1978 in Tbilisi , Georgian SSR as Giorgi Lazabidze ; Georgian გიორგი ლაცაბიძე ) is a Georgian - American pianist and composer .
Life
He started playing the piano at the age of three. Latso began composing his first pieces at the age of five. At the age of ten he played Beethoven and Grieg's piano concertos. He studied at the state Sarajishvili Conservatory in Tbilisi , at the Hanover University of Music , at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and at the Flora L. Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California in Los Angeles . His teachers included Russudan Chodzava, Gerrit Zitterbart , Lasar Berman and Stewart Gordon.
Latso has made numerous appearances in master classes and concerts in Europe, Asia, South America and the United States of America. He was hailed in the Austrian press for his performance of Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto in the WUK Kulturhaus as "... a technically brilliant pianist filled with poignant poetry and true profundity ". The England Rhinegold Classical Magazine described his recording of the Debussy Preludes as "... performed with an extraordinary imagination and seldom heard musical timbre ..."
Another of his early performances in Salzburg was part of a DVD documentary about Latso that was produced by K-TV Austria.
Latso has received numerous awards throughout his career. Among other things, he was a prizewinner of the “International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation” in the international competition for young pianists in Los Angeles and the German Marion Hedda Ilse Gräfin Dönhoff Foundation. Latso was awarded the DAAD scholarship, the Vladimir Spivakov scholarship, and a scholarship from Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze .
In May 2010 he received his doctorate at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and earned a degree of Doctor of Musical Arts .
Latso made his concert debut at Wigmore Hall in London. His composition “Cyber Moment” for violin and piano was premiered. In 2012 he performed in the Berlin Philharmonic .
Latso has recorded a CD with all of the piano-violin works by the Polish-German composer Ignatz Waghalter together with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , Irmina Trynkos and Alexander Walker. In the December issue of the Luxembourg magazine Pizzicato (2012) she received the Supersonic Award from the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) .
In 2012, Latso received an invitation from the Vatican and Benedict XVI. for a performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, KV 467, with the Vienna Philharmonic in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore .
In January 2013, Giorgi Latso was named a Steinway Artist in New York City .
Latso gives masterclasses in Europe, USA, Russia, and Asia, including at the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory , Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Mozarteum University Salzburg, Vienna Conservatory for Music, Conservatory Superior de Música del Liceu, University of Southern California , San Francisco Conservatory for music, Oberlin College , Tokyo University of Arts and many more. Many of his students are winners of international piano competitions.
He has been living in the USA again since 2020 .
Educational activity
Giorgi Latso taught at the University of Southern California from 2007 to 2010, then became professor of piano at the private Azusa Pacific University and has taught at the Community College of Glendale (California) since 2011 . From 2012 to 2019 he worked as a professor (piano) at the Prayner Conservatory and Music and Dramatic Art in Vienna.
From 2007 to 2010 he was President of the Music Teachers National Association in California. As a piano teacher, Lazabidze has given master classes in Europe, Asia and the USA and is a jury member at various national and international competitions. Many of his concert recordings were broadcast by American and European radio stations.
Compositional work
Among other things, Latso composed the film music for Twilight's Grace in 2006 and the film music Waltz Fantasy from 2002, which was honored as the best film music at the international film festival in Bologna .
repertoire
Latso focuses primarily on the music of the Viennese Classical , Romantic and Late Romanticism. He performs all of the piano works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Frédéric Chopin , Franz Liszt , and Claude Debussy . In recent years, Lazabidze has made a name for himself primarily as a Chopin interpreter who is familiar with historically informed performance practice, which he presented in cyclical performances in several European cities. Lazabidse is one of the youngest pianists to have performed and recorded all 24 of the Chopin Etudes and 24 of the Preludes as well as all 12 of the Transcendental Etudes by Franz Liszt live.
Discography (selection)
- In the footsteps of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - DVD; Salzburg 2005.
- Latsabidze: Recital 2009 - CD & DVD; Onward Ent., 2009.
- Claude Debussy: 12 Preludes. (Book II) - CD & DVD; Los Angeles, LLC 2010.
- Robert Schumann : Women's love and life ; Debussy: Ariettes oubliées . IG Initiatives LLC 2010.
- Ignatz Waghalter . Naxos Studio, UK. 2010.
- The IG-Duo performs works by Szymanowski, Brahms, Bizet-Waxman, Latsabidze . - DVD; Wigmore Hall, London. Red Piranha Films LLC 2010.
- Giorgi Latsabidze: The Composer & Transcriber - CD; Rhapsody Library Records. 2011
- F. Chopin's 24 Preludes, Op.28 & R. Schumann's Kreisleriana, Op.16 . CD & DVD, Goyette Records, 2011
- Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 . DVD, Taiwan LLC, 2011
- Ignatz Waghalter: Violin Concerto / Rhapsody / Violin Sonata (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Trynkos, Latsabidze, A. Walker). Naxos Records, 2012
- Claude Debussy: Estampes; Images, Book 1; CD, Ross Management & Productions 2014.
Movie
- Piano for Piggies - DVD (documentary), New York 2013.
Web links
- Giorgi Latso's website
- Giorgi Latso in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Giorgi Latso in Cambridge, NY (2007)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klangbilder Magazine, (11/2013) Archive link ( Memento of the original from November 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Borchhardt-Birbaumer, Gustav., Displaced memories (2007), p. 49., Wiener Zeitung, January 8, 2011.
- ^ Rhinegold Publishing Ltd. Classical Music Magazine Vol. 34, No. 2, p. 183, November 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "In the footsteps of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", directed by Klaus Fruhstorfer and Franz Gangl, K-TV, Austria, 2005
- ↑ Eure, Daniela, maximum top grade: "Gut" (2002), p. 6, sheet, Salzburg.
- ↑ Arutunov, Devil., A Rising Star (2002)., N.197., P.9., Rezonansi, Tbilisi.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/konzerte/calendar/details/9341/
- ↑ http://www.naxos.com/news/default.asp?op=1013&displayMenu=Naxos_News&type=2
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated October 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Remy Franck, Pizzicato Magazine http://www.pizzicato.lu/
- ↑ http://www.kvirispalitra.ge/2011-03-31-07-00-04/11115-qarthvelebi-uckhoethshi-msoflio-toppianistebis-siashi-shesuli-qarthveli-pianisti-romis-papma-vatikanshi-miitsvia.html ? add = 1
- ^ Hans Courtial, L'Arte salva l'Arte (2012), Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra, Roma e Vaticano, Rome. December 9, 2012
- ^ Steinway Artists, letter L (accessed January 21, 2013)
- ↑ http://www.konservatorium-prayner.at/
- ^ Marquis Who's Who in America, 2011 (65th Edition). Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2341630/
- ^ EHU, Enthusiastic piano recital., P.25., Liechtensteiner Vaterland, June 9th, 2011.
- ↑ Peter, Cosse., Impression and spontaneity (2007), p.31., Salzburger Nachrichten, Salzburg.
- ↑ Collaboration with Callista Hoffman (mezzo) and Su Xiaobo (soprano)
- ↑ http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572809
- ↑ http://www.troyrecord.com/general-news/20130522/georgian-pianist-giorgi-latso-to-play-for-eight-baby-pigs-and-up-to-150-humans-at-hubbard -hall-in-cambridge
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Latso, Giorgi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lazabidse, Giorgi (maiden name); გიორგი ლაცაბიძე (Abkhazian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Georgian-American pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tbilisi , Georgian SSR |