News on Lisa Batiasvilli

This is an interesting post:

NEW YORK (Billboard) -
Twenty-eight-year-old violinist Lisa Batiashvili, who is quickly emerging as one of the most vibrant talents of her generation, is among the first signings for Sony BMG Masterworks’ new international division.
The Munich-based Batiashvili was born and raised primarily in the formerly Soviet nation of Georgia, a struggling country that became embroiled in a bloody civil war during her adolescence. She first came to international attention when she was just 16, after winning second prize in the highly prestigious International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, which takes place in Helsinki every five years. (Batiashvili was the youngest prize winner in the event’s history.)
Since then, she has been invited around the world to perform with such orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Netherlands’ Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Batiashvili’s first recording for Sony BMG Masterworks is slated for release in September on the Sony Classical imprint. Accompanying […]

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Updated Sunday 12th of October 2008 10:19:47 AM