LIMERICK Jazz Society is up and out about tonight’s gig with master pianist Beka Gochiashvili in Dolan’s Warehouse this Wednesday 25, doors at 8pm. He’s in town with his trio thanks to a national tour that garners wild review.
A Russian child prodigy who manifested skills first aged two, Beka has gone on to win numerous international prizes such as the 2009 Montreux Jazz Piano Competition and of course, scholarships.
His academic and performance resumé in recent times reads:
“In July 2009, Beka won Montreux Jazz Piano Competition, Switzerland.Numerous diplomas were awarded to Beka including diploma for participation in Georgian-German Festival for Young Musicians-Performers Tbilisi-2003, diploma for participation in a concert (Children’s Album) dedicated to 165th anniversary of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, diploma for participation in an international festival held in Germany in 2004.
“In 2009, the Development and Reforms Fund of Georgia awarded Beka a full scholarship for studies at the pre-college division of the Juilliard School, where he takes jazz piano classes with Frank Kimbrough and classical piano classes with Victoria Mushkatkol. Concurrently he attends the Professional Performing Arts School in New York, NY”.
