Marina Goglidze-Mdivani

Marina Goglidze-Mdivani (

In 1961, she participated in and won Le Premier Prix at the Concours International Marguerite Long-Jacques Тhibaud in Paris. In 1962, she competed in the Second International Tchaikovsky Competition, where she was awarded the 4th prize. The competition that year is known as one of the stiffest piano competitions in history.

Mdivani has taught at institutions in Eastern Europe and the Middle East and has also served on the juries of international competitions.

In 1992 Mdivani joined the faculty of the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montreal. Throughout her career, Mdivani mastered a very large repertoire including approximately 40 concertos, a vast number of chamber works, and countless solo piano works. Often, her programs were unusual; for example, on January 24, 1986, in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Mdivani performed all five piano concertos of Sergei Prokofiev in one concert. She has had a long and esteemed music career, performing in more than 3,000 recitals. In 1976, she was awarded the honorable title of a People's Artist of the Republic of Georgia.

Mdivani has lived in Montreal since 1992 with her family Ekaterina and Anna Mdivani.

Premieres

Repertoire

Concertos: Arensky – F minor; Bach – D minor; Beethoven – No. 1, 2,^[2] and 3; Brahms – No. 1, 2; Haydn – D Major, G Major; Liszt – No. 1, 2; Mendelssohn – G minor; Prokofiev – No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Rachmaninoff – No. 1, 2, 3, 4, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Schumann – A minor; Shostakovich – No. 1; Taktakishvili – No. 1, 2, 4; Tchaikovsky – No. 1; Stravinsky – Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments;

Solo repertoire: Works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Busoni, Chopin, Debussy, Gubaidulina, Haydn, Hindemith, Kefadis, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mussorgsky, Mozart, Ovchinnikov, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Reger, Schnittke, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, Stravinsky, Taktakishvili, Tchaikovsky and many other composers.

Partial discography

• Tchaikovsky Concerto N1 en si bemol mineur. Concerts Colonne Pierre Dervaux. 1962, Pathe Marconi
• Mussorgsky Les Tableaux D'Une Exposition, Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses. 1963, Pathe Marconi
• Weinberg, Schubert, Haydn. 1964, Melodiya
• Prokofiev Concerto N3, Conductor G.Rozhdestvensky, 1963, Melodiya
• Taktakishvili Concerto N1, Conductor Taktakishvili, 1968, Melodiya
• Ovchinnikov Chorus, Prelude & Fugue, 1962, Melodiya

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