Nikoloz Memanishvili

His upcoming Album “City Lights” with outstanding violinist Lisa Batiashvili, Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin will be realized by Deutsche Grammophon on June 2020 presenting special guests: Katie Melua, Till Bronner, Milos Karadaglic and Maximilian Hornung.

Nikoloz Rachveli is the founder of the Contemporary Music Festival KONTRAPUNKT, an original concept of which is a meeting of a Georgian and foreign composer’s pieces of various genres. He closely cooperates with the Georgian composers. An exclusive place in the creative life of Nikoloz Rachveli belongs to Giya Kancheli and his works. During the last years, the young conductor is the first performer of Kancheli’s pieces with the Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra in Georgia.

His Piano Concerto "Introversion" was premiered first at the Carnegie Hall and later at the Berlin Konzerthaus (soloist - Dudana Mazmanishvili); In Tbilisi and Petersburg Rachveli's Symphonic Piece "The Answer" was performed; his Symphonic opus in the minimal style "The way home and back" was published as a CD in Vienna, which is still sold all around the Europe. After Georgian Premiere, the "Reverence" for Symphony Orchestra was performed at the Kiev National Philharmonic, in 2015. His vocal-instrumental piece "The Rest is Silence", dedicated to the world known Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili was premiered at the Teatro alla Scala in December 2016. The world premiere of his "The Silver Sun" took place at the Hamburg ElbPhilharmonie in 2018. As a composer of David Doiashvili's theatre stagings, Nikoloz Rachveli has received various Prizes for the best music, among them Croatian National Prize and National Prize of Georgia. He is the author of music for films by Giorgi Shengelaia, Kakha Melitauri and Rezo Gigineishvili. Nikoloz Rachveli is an author of The European Chess Union Official Anthem.

Unites professions of a composer, conductor and solo performer (piano) and that's why his concerts are distinguished by this impressive touch. His first teachers - Lili Gabunia and Mikheil Shughliashvili have contributed much for his music education. In 2005 he has graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatoire Composition Department under direction of Georgian composer Bidzina Kvernadze. In 1999-2003 studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. During his studies, Nikoloz Rachveli has passed master classes with such composers, as Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Michael Jarrell, etc.