On December 6-14, with the support of the
Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia and organized by
Eliso Virsaladze Classical Music Center, concerts will be held within the
framework of the project "Classical Music in Alternative Space" and
will be attended by laureates of international competitions and prominent
musicians worldwide.
The concert will open on December 6 with
the performance of renowned German violinist - Colia Blacher and US-based
Turkish pianist Ozgur Aydin and will be hosted by the Georgian Art Palace. On
December 8, the Georgian Writers' House will host a concert featuring the chamber
orchestra Opera Camerata (led by Lela Mchedlidze), conducted by Revaz
Javakhishvili with soloists: Julia Pusker and Eva Rabetska, laureates of the
Queen Elizabeth II International Competition in Brussels in 2019. On December
10, a prominent Vietnamese pianist Dang Tai Shon, who now resides in Canada will
perform a solo concert. The evening will be held at the Palace of Fine Arts of
Georgia. Furthermore, on December 14, the National Youth Palace will host one
of the leading Polish Symphony Orchestras - the Beethoven Academy Orchestra
(conductor - Mirian Khukhunaishvili) in conjunction with a performance
conducted by pianist - Shimon Nering. The event is co-sponsored by the Ministry
of Culture and National Heritage of Poland from the Fund for the Promotion of
Culture.
Countries with rich musical traditions have
long used unconventional, alternative venues such as depreciated factories and
museums, abandoned galleries, libraries, and many more to promote classical
music concerts, which on the one hand serves to promote classical music and, on
the other, attracts more audience.
Festival partners: IOTA Hotel, Yevgeny Mikeladze National
Music Center, Georgian Writers' House, National Pupil's Youth Palace, Art
Palace of Georgia, Radio Fortuna, Artarea TV, First Channel - Public
Broadcaster.