Liana Isakadze
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| Background information | |
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August 2, 1946 Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Violinist |
| Website | Liana Isakadze official site |
Liana Isakadze (Georgian: ლიანა ისაკაძე, Russian: Лиана Александровна Исакадзе, German: Liana Isakadse) (born August 2, 1946) is a Georgian violinist.
Born in Tbilisi, the capital of then-Soviet Georgia, Liana Isakadze entered music school at the age of seven. Under her teacher, Professor Shiukashvili, she excelled and at the age of nine played with the State Symphonic Orchestra. In 1956 she played her first solo violin concert. In 1956 she took part in the Moscow International Festival Competition. While younger than the other participants, she performed the adult program. The chairman of the festival was the famous violinist, David Oistrach.
D. Oistrakh played a big role in her life. It is he who insisted that she graduate from the Central Musical School a year early because she was accepted in his class at the Moscow State Conservatory without having to take the entrance exam.
After the Conservancy, Liana worked as Oistrakh‘s assistant for two years. She played in his orchestra when he conducted Beethoven and Tchaikovsky concertos.
In 1965 she was awarded the „Grand Prix“ at the Marguerite Long and Jacques Thibaud International Competition (Paris). In 1970 she participated at the Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow) and received third place. In 1970 she took part at the Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition (Helsinki) where she received first place.
From 1964 to 1981 Liana played a Stradivarius violin which was a gift from the State Violin Collection in Moscow. Since 1965 she has played as a violin soloist with the orchestras of such outstanding conductors as Jiri Kout, Paavo Berglund, Vladimir Verbitsky, Jiří Bělohlávek, Valery Gergiev, Yehudi Menuhin, Eri Klas, Alexander Dmitriyev, Kurt Masur, Thomas Sanderling, Michail Jurovsky, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Iwaki, Rudolf Kempe, Vatzlav Neuman, Mariss Jansons, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Herbert Blomstedt, Gintaras Rinkevičius, Noeme Jarvi, Dmitry Liss, Sharl Dutoi.
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