Eteri andjaparidze biography

  • Andjaparidze was born to a musical family in Tbilisi, Georgia; her mother was pianist, Yvetta Bachtadze, her father, Zurab Andjaparidze, the leading tenor with the Bolshoi Opera.
  • Eteri Andjaparidze is a Georgian-American pianist and music professor.
  • Early life.

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    Eteri Andjaparidze

    Pianist Eteri Andjaparidze has gained international acclaim as one of the most multifaceted artists and insightful pedagogues. She has performed on concert stages around the globe in solo and collaborative recitals and as guest soloist with major orchestras including London Symphony, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Quebec Symphony, Beijing and Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestras, Russian State Symphony, Moscow State Philharmonic, Moscow Radio Symphony, Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Georgian State and Tbilisi Symphony Orchestras, under the baton of Franz-Paul Decker, James DePreist, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Valery Gergiev, Djansug Kakhidze, Michel Plasson, Vladimir Spivakov, Yuri Temirkanov, and Pascal Verrot among others.

    Highlights of her international festival engagements as an artist and faculty have included Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival, International Keyboard Institue and Festival, Mannes Sou

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    The Georgian-born pianist, Eteri Andjaparidze, was born to a family of prominent musicians in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. She received her first piano lessons from her pianist mother Yvette Bachtadze. Her father, Zurab Andjaparidze (1928-1997), great Georgian tenor, was the leading soloist with the Bolshoi and Tbilisi Operas. Her stepfather, Leonid Oakley (1923-1991), was a renowned Georgian scientist. At age 5, Eteri was enrolled in the Tbilisi Special Music School for Gifted Children (the piano studio of Meri Chavchanidze). By age 9, she debuted in solo recital as well as a soloist with the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra. In 1974, she entered the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatoire, where she earned her Master's and Doctoral degrees in piano solo and collaborative performance, and pedagogy under the guidance of Vera Gornostaeva, a lärling of the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus.

    Eteri Andjaparidze became the first Soviet pianist to win Grand Prix at the 1976 Montreal Internat

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    Artist Faculty

                                                                                                                           

    NYU Steinhardt

     

    Mannes School of Music

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    Former Faculty

     

    DePaul University School of Music

    Tenured Full-Time Professor of Piano, Head of the Keyboard Programs                      

    SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music                                                            

    Affiliate Artist-Teacher of Piano     &