Lisa Batiashvili

Lisa Batiashvili (born Elisabeth Batiashvili, in 1979) is a Georgian violinist, the daughter of a violinist father and a pianist mother. Her father was her first teacher from age 4. She later studied at the Hamburg Musikhochschule. [ [http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/features/article331303.ece Michael Church, "Preview: Lisa Batiashvili, Wigmore Hall, London". "The Independent", 5 December 2005.] ] In 1995, she was a prize winner in the Sibelius International Violin Competition.

She was one of the first of the BBC "New Generation Artists", from [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/newgenerations/artistarchiveac.shtml 1999-2001] . She has collaborated in chamber music and concerto performances with cellist Alban Gerhardt and pianist Steven Osborne, both BBC New Generation Artists exactly contemporary with Batiashvili. [ [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,704249,00.html Erica Jeal, "Prom 66: BBCSSO/ Vanska". "The Guardian", 11 September 2001.] ] [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2001/09/11/bmprom11.xml "Soloists do what comes naturally". "Telegraph", 11 September 2001.] ] [ [http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article215149.ece "Prom 65, 66, Royal Albert Hall, London". "The Independent", 12 September 2001.] ] [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2002/09/02/bmed02.xml David Fanning, "Edinburgh reports: panache and authority". "Telegraph, 2 September 2002.] ] [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/06/06/bmbat06.xml Matthew Rye, "Explosive coupling". "Telegraph", 6 June 2003.] ] She has also worked with a later BBC New Generation Artist, Ashley Wass, in recital. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2001/06/06/bmfire06.xml Geoffrey Norris, "Playing with fire". "Telegraph", 6 June 2001.] ] She has also been a soloist at the BBC Proms in 2000 [ [http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article258029.ece Rob Cowan, "Sublime performance from Batiashvili". "The Independent", 16 August 2000 (Beethoven concerto).] ] and 2002 [ [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/proms2002/story/0,,790810,00.html Tom Service, "CBSO/Oramo". "The Guardian", 12 September 2002 (Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1)] ] [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2002/09/12/bmuprom12.xml Ivan Hewett, "Prom 70: questions go unanswered" "Telegraph", 12 September 2002 (Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1).] ] .

In 2006, she was the soloist in the first performances in the United States (August, world premiere) and in Sweden (October, European premiere) of the [http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/catalogue/cat_detail.asp?musicid=48679 violin concerto] of Magnus Lindberg, which Lindberg wrote for Batiashvili. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E2DE133EF937A1575BC0A9609C8B63 Allan Kozinn, "At Mostly Mozart, Mostly Magnus, in a Concerto and Chamber Pieces". "New York Times", 24 August 2006.] ] [ [http://arts.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article667395.ece Hilary Finch, "Magnus Lindberg Premiere". "The Times", 11 October 2006.] ] She has recorded the Lindberg concert as part of her recording contract with Sony Classical, which she signed in 2007. [ [http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/6754.html Kevin Shihoten, "Sony BMG Masterworks Signs Violinist Lisa Batiashvili". "Playbill Arts", 6 July 2007.] ]

Batiashvili lives in Munich with her husband, the oboist François Leleux, and their daughter.

Batiashvili plays the 1709 Engleman Stradivarius on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.

References

Concert reviews

* [http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article264265.ece Roderic Dunnett, "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing". "The Independent", 19 January 2001 (Sibelius concerto).]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,703026,00.html Pauline Fairclough, "Hallé/Vanska". "The Guardian", 7 April 2001 (Beethoven concerto).]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,843265,00.html Tim Ashley, "Czech PO/ Ashkenazy". "The Guardian", 15 November 2002 (Dvořák concerto).]
* [http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article128489.ece Edward Seckerson, "Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/ Ashkenazy, Barbican Hall, London". "The Independent", 20 November 2002 (Dvořák concerto).]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEFDA113CF934A35756C0A9659C8B63 Anthony Tommasini, "Setting Out With Energy Along the Road Most Taken". "New York Times", 7 May 2003 (Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1).]
* [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article1167107.ece Geoff Brown, "Philharmonia/Dohnányi". "The Times", 7 October 2003 (Sibelius concerto).]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,1058369,00.html Tim Ashley, "Philharmonia/Von Dohnanyi". "The Guardian", 8 October 2003 (Sibelius concerto).]
* [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article398059.ece Richard Morrison, "LSO/Maazel". "The Times", 3 December 2004 (Mendelssohn concerto).]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E4D6153CF931A25750C0A9639C8B63 Jeremy Eichler, "Concert With a Secret Thread, Well Kept". "New York Times", 12 March 2005 (Chausson "Poème" and Saint-Saëns "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso").]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1645183,00.html Rowena Smith, "BBCSSO/Volkov". "The Guardian", 18 November 2005 (Beethoven concerto).]
* [http://daily.nysun.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=TllTLzIwMDcvMDQvMTcjQXIwMTYwMQ= Jay Nordlinger, "The Finnish Invasion". "New York Sun", 17 April 2007 (Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor).]

External links

* [http://www.lisabatiashvili.com/ Official site]