Lizi Kakabadze

Lizi Kakabadze, young pianist born in 2001 Tbilisi, Georgia is passionate about playing the piano. She was introduced to music at an early age, began playing the piano and was accepted at the Z. Paliashvili Central Music School in Tbilisi, Georgia at the age of 6. Presently, Lizi is furthering her musical education with Natalia Natsvlishvili at the E. Mikeladze Central Music School. At age of 6, Lizi gave her first public performance on the piano, in the concert with Tbilisi chamber orchestra.

At age of 7, she participated in K. Sepashvili International Piano Competition and was awarded the 3 rd prize. At age 11 Lizi was granted I prize at 3rd National Competition of the Classic Music, in Tbilisi Georgia. The same year she was granted Diploma of Merit at the Mozart International Piano Competition in Rome.

At age 12 she won the 1 st prize at the III International Piano competition of Classical Music held in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her remarkable skills were praised by the jury. Also she participated in international piano competition “Golden Key” in Frankfurt, Germany and was awarded III prize. At age 15, Lizi was awarded with the Grand Prix in the I International Piano Competition in Yereven, Armenia. Notable participations include internationally acclaimed piano competitions held in Italy, Germany, Azerbaijan.

At age 16 Lizi was selected as a winner for the most virtuosic performance nomination and won the 1 st prize in the 6 th International Music Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan. At age 17, Lizi won the 1 st prize in the International Piano competition held in Valletta, Malta. Her unique style of playing was cherished by the jury and nominated her for the “the Best Performance of Liszt Paraphrase on Verdi Rigoletto” this has granted her the opportunity to record this CD with KNS Classical.

Over the last few years Lizi performed in many concerts, gave several solo recitals and performed with symphony orchestra.

I had the pleasure of witnessing Lizi Kakabadze’s performance number of times, together with the symphonic orchestra under my lead as a conductor. Bold and emotional, Lizi’s performance feels liberating and voluminous at the same time. Her ability to feel the ensemble is largely explained by her extraordinary awareness of the tempo. Pianist, with a remarkable musical intelligence, I am confident that Lizi has a capacity of becoming an distinguished performer” – George Jordania, Conductor

“Very talented and emotional young pianist. Her interpretation is so deep and impressive that her sound takes one away in wonderful life of music”. – Maurizio Moretti, Pianist and Conductor

Mature and meaningful performance, refined taste and good sense of different character. Listening to her is enjoyable and interesting, very talented young pianist! – Mariam Batsashvili, Pianist

Her sound is very rich in colour and her brilliant technical ability is always in the service of music. – Daniel Villany, Pianist