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Artist in Residence 2023/24: Lisa Batiashvili

Lisa Batiashvili is the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Artist in Residence for the 2023-24 season. In our interview, she talks about her long-standing friendship with the orchestra.

What’s so striking about your violin playing is its expressive intensity and wealth of colours. What are you striving for in creating your sound?

I think of my tone like a voice. Many musicians are of the opinion that beauty of sound is less important than expression. You need that as well. But for me the violin’s sound – like the human voice – reflects the soul of the person making the music. The sound has a lot to do with my own emotions. I want it to encourage a kind of soul-searching in other people and reflection on their own feelings.

This season you’re the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Artist in Residence. How do you view this collaboration?

It’s the fulfilment of a dream for me! This residency is the continuation of a long friendship with the orchestra. It gives me the opportunity, not just for solo appearances in orchestral concerts, but also for realizing chamber projects with the musicians. And I’m greatly looking forward to working with chief conductor Kirill Petrenko for the first time.

You were in your mid-20s when you made your debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Since then you’ve appeared here regularly. What has been your experience of the orchestra?

This orchestra already had an influence on me as a small child. I grew up in the former Soviet Union with recordings of the Berliner Philharmoniker that made a deep impression on me. I longed to appear some day with this orchestra. That seemed a completely unrealistic wish at the time, but then it came true! For me as an artist, it’s a celebration every time I get together with the Berliner Philharmoniker.

During your residency we can hear you in two violin concertos: the Brahms and Szymanowski’s First. The latter isn’t so familiar to us here. What is it about this work that makes it so special for you?

The Szymanowski concerto has an incredible power and a seductive sensibility and sensuality. He wrote it in collaboration with the violinist Paul Kochanski, with whom Szymanowski was apparently in love. I consider the concerto a declaration of love – the expression of feelings that could not be lived out at that time. But they are present in the music and produce a quite special mood.

The Brahms concerto is part of the standard repertoire and has accompanied you throughout your career. How do you keep your curiosity about it alive?

Of course, I’ve played the Brahms concerto often – but never before with the Berliner Philharmoniker. As with all masterpieces, one can discover something new in every performance. That will also be the case when collaborating with the Berliner Philharmoniker. There’s such a great Brahms tradition here, and that comes out in a warm, dark sound and precise articulation. I’m looking forward to immersing myself in the orchestra’s Brahms sound.

You’ll be appearing in a chamber-music programme with the composer and clarinettist Jörg Widmann. What do you admire most about him and his music?

Jörg Widmann and I are old friends. He’s a fantastic clarinettist and a wonderful composer. His music is incredibly varied, yet it has its own unmistakable tonal language. We want to show that contemporary music isn’t always atonal and complicated but can also be accessible and emotional. In our concert we’ll also be introducing Tsotne Zedginidze, a 13-year-old pianist and composer from Georgia. He’s an exceptional talent.

Tsotne Zedginidze is being sponsored by the Lisa Batiashvili Foundation, which you’ve founded to support Georgian artists. What are you aiming to achieve with it?

I want to give something back to my homeland, Georgia, which I left when I was twelve. There are young artists there who have moved me so deeply with their talent that I’d like to support them on their journey. The new generation has such an incredible range of talent and such a great significance for our future in classical music. These young musicians can already do so much at such an early stage, and that’s something I want to encourage. Georgia is a highly developed country artistically, and it has many great artists to offer. To make them as well-known and visible as possible through culture and music, that’s one of the best things we Georgians can do to help our small country.

This season the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Europakonzert will also take place in Georgia, with you as soloist. What does this appearance mean for you?

I believe this concert will be the highlight of my life! I am overjoyed that the people of Georgia will be given the opportunity to hear such a great orchestra, so steeped in tradition, performing live in their country. Of course, this concert also has a political significance. Georgia has been fighting for many years to be a part of the European family. Culturally it has long been part of Europe. This concert should make that clear. For Georgia this will presumably be one of the most important cultural moments ever: for the first time such a great orchestra is coming, one of the best in the entire world. That is naturally a big assignment for us. We’re working with a very special team in Georgia, which, despite the challenges, shares this opinion with me: that the Berliner Philharmoniker absolutely must come to Georgia for both cultural and political reasons.

What are you looking forward to most in this residency?

First of all, I’m looking forward to being in Berlin for a longer time and to benefit from the many different things this city has to offer. I’m looking forward to various projects with the Berliner Philharmoniker, people I’ve already made music and been friends with for a long time. It really is like a musical family. Then I’m looking forward to the varied repertoire and to my first collaboration with Kirill Petrenko. And, as I mentioned, up-and-coming musicians are very important to me, so I’m also specially looking forward to my first encounter with the Karajan Academy.

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Praised by audiences and fellow musicians for her virtuosity and “profound sensitivity” (Financial Times), Lisa Batiashvili is one of the world’s most sought-after violinists. In Europe she frequently works with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Dresden, Staatskapelle Berlin, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the major London orchestras. In the US, she performs every season with the New York Philharmonic and regularly returns to the other top orchestras.

Highlights in Lisa's 2013/14 season include a tour to Asia with the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert and a European tour with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Yannick Nézet-Séguin). She also performs with The Philadelphia Orchestra (Nézet-Séguin), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (David Zinman), and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (Tugan Sokhiev), and appears with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Vladimir Jurowski), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Mariss Jansons) and the Philharmonia Orchestra (Esa-Pekka Salonen). She continues her collaboration with pianist Paul Lewis in a series of recitals in Paris, Brussels and Hamburg, and presents a new Bach ensemble project with oboist François Leleux.

During the 2012/13 season Lisa held the position of Capell-Virtuosin with Staatskapelle Dresden, performing a wide range of concerts, including on a North American tour, with its Principal Conductor Christian Thielemann. She was also Artist in Residence with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, and appeared with Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim at their annual outdoor concert in front of an audience of 38,000.

Lisa records exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon. Her latest album – featuring the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Staatskapelle Dresden and Christian Thielemann and Clara Schumann’s Three Romances for violin and piano with pianist Alice Sara Ott – was released in January 2013. In 2011, she received an ECHO Klassik for her debut album on the label, “Echoes of Time,” which includes Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Esa-Pekka Salonen.

A dedicated chamber musician, Lisa has appeared at the Salzburg, Edinburgh International, Schleswig-Holstein, Heimbach and Verbier festivals, and tours regularly with musicians such as oboist François Leleux, violist Lawrence Power and cellist Sebastian Klinger. Lisa's commitment to new music has seen her give several world premieres in recent seasons, including of Magnus Lindberg’s Violin Concerto.

Lisa gained international recognition at age 16 as the youngest-ever competitor in the Sibelius Competition, where she took second prize. She was named winner of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival's 2003 Leonard Bernstein Award and was awarded the Beethoven Ring Prize from the Beethoven Festival Bonn. In 2008 she was honoured with the MIDEM Classical Award, the Choc de L'année and the ECHO Klassik for her Sony recording of Sibelius’ and Lindberg’s violin concertos. Lisa studied with Ana Chumachenko and Mark Lubotski and holds the International Accademia Musicale Chigiana Prize.

Lisa Batiashvili plays a Joseph Guarneri "del Gesu" violin from 1739, generously loaned by a private collector in Germany.

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Lisa Batiashvili

Lisa Batiashvili, the Georgian-born German violinist, is praised by audiences and fellow musicians for her virtuosity. An award-winning artist, she has developed long-standing relationships with the world’s leading orchestras, conductors and musicians. In 2021, Batiashvili formed and continues to lead the Lisa Batiashvili Foundation, which serves her lifelong dream and commitment in supporting young, highly talented Georgian musicians to thrive in their musical careers.

In 2023-24, Batiashvili takes up her residency with Berliner Philharmoniker, performing across the season at home and on tour with Kirill Petrenko and Daniel Barenboim. She also performs chamber concerts with Emmanuel Pahud and musicians from Wiener Philharmoniker, as well as with Jörg Widmann, Denis Kozhukhin and Tsotne Zedginidze, a talented young Georgian pianist and composer supported by her foundation. The final part of the residency features her as soloist with Berliner Philharmoniker Academy.

Following their most recent tour of Europe, Batiashvili returns to the stage with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and cellist Gautier Capuçon, giving recitals and master classes across the United States, culminating in a performance at Carnegie Hall. She also performs recitals this season with Giorgi Gigashvili. The season will also see her performing with Münchner Philharmoniker, San Francisco Symphony and Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2022-23, Batiashvili returned to New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, as well as to the Wiener Philharmoniker as a featured artist at the Wiener Konzerthaus.

Recording exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon, Batiashvili saw the release of her latest album “Secret Love Letters” in August 2022, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as Franck Sonata with Giorgi Gigashvili.

Her 2020 recording, “City Lights,” marks a musical journey that takes listeners around the world to 11 cities with an autobiographical connection with music ranging from Bach to Morricone, and Dvořák to Charlie Chaplin. A 12th city was added in 2022 with the release of her single “Desafinado,” celebrating Rio de Janeiro. At the renowned Concert de Paris on Bastille Day in 2020, she performed the title track ’City Memories,” which was broadcast internationally.

Her impressive discography also includes “Visions of Prokofiev” (Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin), which won an Opus Klassik Award and was short-listed for the 2018 Gramophone Awards. Earlier recordings include the concertos of Tchaikovsky and Sibelius (Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim), Brahms (Staatskapelle Dresden/Christian Thielemann) and Shostakovich (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Esa-Pekka Salonen).

Bastiashvili has had DVD releases of live performances with Berliner Philharmoniker/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 1) and with Gautier Capuçon, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and Christian Thielemann (Brahms’ Concerto for Violin and Cello).

She has won many awards: the MIDEM Classical Award, Choc de l’année, Accademia Musicale Chigiana International Prize, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival’s Leonard Bernstein Award and Beethoven-Ring. Batiashvili was named Musical America’s Instrumentalist of the Year in 2015, was nominated as Gramophone’s Artist of the Year in 2017 and in 2018 was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Sibelius Academy (University of Arts, Helsinki).

Bastiashvili was also artistic director of Audi Sommerkonzerte Ingolstadt for four years between 2019 and 2022.

She lives in Munich and plays a Joseph Guarneri “del Gesu” from 1739, generously lent by a private collector.

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Lisa Batiashvili ,  Musical America ’s 2015 Instrumentalist of the Year, is praised by audiences and fellow musicians for her  virtuosity  and “ profound sensitivity ” ( Financial Times) . She has developed long-standing relationships with some of the world’s leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and London Symphony Orchestra. In the 2017/18 season Lisa performed the UK premiere of Anders Hillborg’s Violin Concerto No.2 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. As part of her residency with  Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia , she performed Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev Concertos, as well as Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe. Other performance highlights include the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Munich Philharmonic and Sydney Symphony. Lisa has been Artist-in-Residence with the  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra  as well as Portrait Artist of the  Bamberger Symphoniker . Recording exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon, Lisa’s recording of the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius Violin Concertos with Daniel Barenboim and Staatskapelle Berlin received international critical acclaim. Earlier recordings include the Brahms Violin Concerto with Staatskapelle Dresden and Christian Thielemann, and Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No.1 with Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Batiashvili has been awarded two  ECHO Klassik awards , the  MIDEM Classical Award , the  Choc de l’Anné e, the  Accademia Musicale Chigiana International Prize , the  Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival’s Leonard Bernstein Award  and the  Beethoven-Ring . Lisa plays a  Joseph Guarneri “del Gesu”  from  1739 , generously loaned by a private collector.

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Lisa Batiashvili, the Georgian-born German violinist, is praised by audiences and fellow musicians for her virtuosity. An award-winning artist, she has developed long-standing relationships with the world’s leading orchestras, conductors and musicians.

In 2021 Batiashvili formed and continues to lead the Lisa Batiashvili Foundation, which serves her lifelong dream and commitment in supporting young, highly talented Georgian musicians to thrive in their musical careers.

Following her time as resident artist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, she is now looking forward to an exciting 2024/25 season! Starting with appearances at the Lucerne Festival, including the Orchestre de Paris (Klaus Mäkelä), extended tours with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich (Paavo Järvi), the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam (Klaus Mäkelä), the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Daniel Harding) and the London Symphony Orchestra (Antonio Pappano) will follow. She also returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic (Robin Ticciati), New York Philharmonic (Ivan Fischer) and the National Symphony Orchestra (Gianandrea Noseda), among others.

She gives concerts with Giorgi Gigashvili and Tsotne Zedginidze, two talented young Georgian pianists and composers who are supported by her foundation.

In summer 2025, Lisa Batiashvili returns to the stage with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and cellist Gautier Capuçon.

Recording exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon, Batiashvili’s latest album Secret Love Letters was released in August 2022, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as Franck Sonata with Giorgi Gigashvili.

Her previous 2020 recording, City Lights , marks a musical journey that takes listeners around the world to eleven cities with an autobiographical connection with music ranging from Bach to Morricone, and Dvořák to Charlie Chaplin. A twelfth city was added in 2022 with the release of her single Desafinado, celebrating Rio de Janeiro. At the renowned Concert de Paris on Bastille Day in 2020 she performed the title track City Memories which was broadcast internationally.

An impressive discography also includes Visions of Prokofiev (Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin) which won an Opus Klassik Award and was shortlisted for the 2018 Gramophone Awards. Earlier recordings include the concertos of Tchaikovsky and Sibelius (Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim), Brahms (Staatskapelle Dresden/Christian Thielemann), and Shostakovich (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Esa-Pekka Salonen).

Bastiashvili has had DVD releases of live performances with Berliner Philharmoniker/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Bartók’s Violin Concerto No.1) and with Gautier Capuçon, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and Christian Thielemann (Brahms’ Concerto for Violin and Cello).

She has won a number of awards: the MIDEM Classical Award, Choc de l’année, Accademia Musicale Chigiana International Prize, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival’s Leonard Bernstein Award and Beethoven-Ring. Batiashvili was named Musical America’s Instrumentalist of the Year in 2015, was nominated as Gramophone’s Artist of the Year in 2017, and in 2018 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Sibelius Academy (University of Arts, Helsinki).

Lisa was also Artistic Director of Audi Sommerkonzerte Ingolstadt for 4 years between 2019 and 2022. In 2025, she is honoured with the Kaiser Otto Prize of the city of Magedburg for her commitment against war and anti-semitism and for promoting the European idea.

Lisa lives in Berlin and plays a Joseph Guarneri “del Gesu” from 1739, generously loaned by a private collector.

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Lisa Batiashvili, or Elisabeth Batiashvili, is an internationally renowned violinist born into a musical family in Georgia in 1979. She has developed long-term relationships with some of the world’s leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, with whom she was Artist-in-Residence.

Music is in her blood: her mother was a pianist and her father a violinist. From the age of four, he was her first violin teacher In 1991, her family left Georgia and settled in Germany. She later studied at the Hamburg Musikhochschule. She was a student of Ana Chumachenko and Mark Lubotski. Lisa gained international recognition at age 16 as the youngest-ever competitor in the Sibelius Competition. Lisa became artist-in-residence with the New York Philharmonic for the 2014-2015 season. She has been awarded two ECHO Klassik awards, the MIDEM Classical Award, the Choc de l'année, the Accademia Musicale Chigiana International Prize, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival's Leonard Bernstein Award and the Beethoven-Ring. Lisa now records exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon and her recordings include an album dedicated to works by J.S. and C.P.E. Bach and the Brahms Violin Concerto with Staatskapelle Dresden (Christian Thielemann.) She has also recorded the Beethoven, Sibelius and Lindberg concertos for Sony. She plays a 1739 Guarneri del Gesu violin lent to her by a private collector.

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Lisa Batiashvili, Musical America's 2015 Instrumentalist of the Year, is this season's Artist-in-Residence with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Praised by audiences and fellow musicians for her virtuosity and "profound sensitivity" (Financial Times), the Georgian violinist has developed long-term relationships with some of the world's leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, with whom she was Artist-in-Residence last season.

Highlights in Lisa's 2015/16 season include performances with the Berliner Philharmoniker and London Philharmonic Orchestra (both under Yannick Nézet-Séguin), Orchestre de Paris (Paavo Järvi), Wiener Philharmoniker (Esa-Pekka Salonen), London Symphony Orchestra (Daniel Harding) and New York Philharmonic (Semyon Bychkov), as well as a European tour with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (Sakari Oramo). Recent and forthcoming invitations include concerts at home and on tour with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, The Philadelphia Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra. Last season Lisa also performed with Filarmonica della Scala and Staatskapelle Berlin (both under Daniel Barenboim), and Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Sir Antonio Pappano).

Recording exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon, Lisa's most recent release is an album dedicated to works by J.S. and C.P.E. Bach.

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TIME IN with Lisa Batiashvili: Life in Europe, Cooking with Family, Chamber Music with Friends

Georgian-born violinist Lisa Batiashvili is usually on the move, soloing with orchestras around the world. But since March she’s has been at home with her family in Germany and France. In this TIME IN interview, she talks about the pleasures of re-creating family recipes for her husband and children, playing chamber music with friends, and finding time for yoga and meditation amongst other things.

Growing up with her father, a violinist, and her mother, a pianist, Lisa was surrounded by music in her native country of Georgia, and in Germany where her family moved when she was 12. Lisa began playing violin at 4; at 16, she participated in the Sibelius Competition, an experience that launched her musical career.

Named Musical America’s 2015 Instrumentalist of the Year, she’s earned many other honors, including ECHO Klassik awards, and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival’s Leonard Bernstein award. She appears with major orchestras and has been artist-in-residence at the New York Philharmonic, the NDR Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, among others. She is also artistic director of Audi Sommerkonzerte, Ingolstadt from 2019-2021.

In the months since the shutdown, Lisa has enjoyed spending time with her husband, oboist Francois Leleux, her two children, ages 12 and 16, and her cuddly dog Cookie, who she says, “appreciated it a lot to have mommy and daddy and sister and brother all the time around!”  

She also found herself connecting with the past, passing on traditions, particularly in the kitchen!

Lisa spoke with me in July 2020 from her leafy backyard in France, where she and the family were spending part of the summer. Things were beginning to open up in parts of Europe, but her schedule of concerts with many orchestras world-wide was still on hold.  Here are edited excerpts from out conversation :

Susan Lewis: How have you been doing during this period when so many things have been shut down?

Lisa Batiashvili: Well, we've been a little bit more lucky here in Europe, especially in Germany. The lockdown was not as long and not as painful as in other places. The beginning was quite scary, but at the same time, also important to understand that now we have to change our way of thinking.

For me, I always think that when things like this happen ... you have to just stop and enjoy the moment you are having with the people you love.

During the shutdown, I spent a lot of time with my family, of course. We cooked a lot!

We always cooked, but when we were all at home we cooked even more complicated dishes, which took a lot of time. We did a very special Easter cake, in April, which took eight hours. It was very nice, and we ate it for two weeks!

And it was really a nice experience because it takes me back to my childhood when I was very young. My mom and my grandma would bake it and it would smell like cinnamon, cardamom, and vanilla through the whole night! And in the morning, the cakes were ready. It was a very beautiful ritual in  my childhood, so I could finally give it to my children because it was the first time I made it myself.

Susan Lewis: Has there been any particular music that you've turned to? Particular movies that you've watched? I know you also love movies!

Lisa Batiashvili: We watched a lot of movies, yes! I watched old movies again, a lot of French films with Louis de Funes, for example. I'm also watching Charlie Chaplin again, going back to the beginning of the 20th century. And the music, I would say, I had opportunities to perform more chamber music in the last couple of weeks and months.

Here, Lisa and colleagues Lawrence Power (viola), Sebastian Klinger (cello), Matthew McDonald (double bass), and Nino Gvetadze (piano) play fragments from Schubert's Trout Quintet in a concert at Schloss Elmau, in Bavaria, Germany on July 22, 2020: 

Usually [during her pre-pandemic schedule], between the concerts with orchestras—there is a bit less time. It’s a really good feeling to be able to invest more time with the chamber music; also to rehearse with the groups in a different way. When everybody's so busy, you barely have enough rehearsals when you bring together different people and you make a chamber music concert.

But now, I had a couple of experiences with proper rehearsal time with people who had no stress. And it just felt very good; it's more rewarding to play together when you have the time to work on things together.

Susan Lewis: Is there anything that you've discovered that you would like to continue after things open up fully again?

Lisa Batiashvili: Yes. I personally get easily stressed by everything I have to do on Monday, whether it's to do with my family, the children, the work, the practice, everything outside. What I discovered during this time was that I have to actually give myself more time for things and not worry about not doing everything in the same minute.

So, I've been actually meditating every morning, at least for 10 or 15 minutes and doing some yoga; somehow it became such a habit. I know that many people do that, but for me personally, now it's a new way to start the day by giving myself the freedom and the calmness to not worry about everything that we have to do in one day, but just to take it step-by-step and also enjoy everything that I'm doing in that moment. I really think that the time of the lockdown was the perfect time to learn all of those things.

Thoughts about the future?

Lisa Batiashvili: Step by step, now, Germany is reopening borders again and reopening concert halls. There is a lot of positive energy coming from musicians, and the orchestras who want to become active as much as possible. ... And it's very important for everyone to understand that the culture and music are even more important than ever before. People need to have this contact with the music, because the music does have a healing power.

Here's Lisa on stage in early July at Audi Sommerkonzerte 2020, where she is artistic director. She performs The Lark , arranged by Stephan Koncz, with the Camerata Salzburg and her husband, Francois Leleux conducting . 

The Lark is also featured in Lisa's recent album, City Lights, representing the city of Bucharest. 

Lisa Batiashvili

1979 - Today

Elisabeth Batiashvili (Georgian: ელისაბედ ბათიაშვილი; born 7 March 1979), professionally known as Lisa Batiashvili, is a prominent Georgian violinist active across Europe and the United States. A former New York Philharmonic artist-in-residence, she is acclaimed for her "natural elegance, silky sound and the meticulous grace of her articulation" . Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lisa Batiashvili has received more than 213,357 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019) . Lisa Batiashvili is the 2,382nd most popular musician (down from 2,270th in 2019) , the 273rd most popular biography from Georgia (down from 240th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Georgian Musician .

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians , Lisa Batiashvili ranks 2,382 out of 3,175 .  Before her are Tampa Red , Bob Wills , Chris Frantz , Andy LaRocque , Ontronik Khachaturian , and Jani Liimatainen . After her are Vonda Shepard , Faust , Marina Tchebourkina , Don Diablo , Richie Faulkner , and Joe Boyd .

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1903 - 1981

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1905 - 1975

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Chris Frantz

1951 - Present

Rank: 2,378

Andy LaRocque

1962 - Present

Rank: 2,379

Ontronik Khachaturian

1975 - Present

Rank: 2,380

Jani Liimatainen

1980 - Present

Rank: 2,381

1979 - Present

Rank: 2,382

Vonda Shepard

1963 - Present

Rank: 2,383

1974 - Present

Rank: 2,384

Marina Tchebourkina

1965 - Present

Rank: 2,385

Rank: 2,386

Richie Faulkner

Rank: 2,387

1942 - Present

Rank: 2,388

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979 , Lisa Batiashvili ranks 338 .  Before her are Anthony Davidson , Brett Emerton , Orlando Engelaar , Glover Teixeira , Ânderson Polga , and Tore Ruud Hofstad . After her are Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson , Samoa Joe , Jens Bergensten , Giorgio Pantano , Édison Méndez , and JoAnna Garcia .

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Anthony Davidson

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Brett Emerton

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Orlando Engelaar

Glover Teixeira

Ânderson Polga

Tore Ruud Hofstad

Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson

HANDBALL PLAYER

Jens Bergensten

GAME DESIGNER

Giorgio Pantano

Édison Méndez

JoAnna Garcia

Among people born in Georgia , Lisa Batiashvili ranks 273 out of 406 .  Before her are Nino Salukvadze (1969) , Shalva Natelashvili (1958) , Shota Khabareli (1958) , Nika Melia (1979) , Nino Haratischwili (1983) , and Kakhaber Tskhadadze (1968) . After her are Tamta (1981) , Zaza Pachulia (1984) , Zurab Azmaiparashvili (1960) , Leila Meskhi (1968) , Vladimer Aptsiauri (1962) , and David Khakhaleishvili (1971) .

Others born in Georgia

Nino Salukvadze

1969 - Present

Shalva Natelashvili

1958 - Present

Shota Khabareli

Nino Haratischwili

1983 - Present

Kakhaber Tskhadadze

1968 - Present

1981 - Present

Zaza Pachulia

BASKETBALL PLAYER

1984 - Present

Zurab Azmaiparashvili

CHESS PLAYER

1960 - Present

Leila Meskhi

TENNIS PLAYER

Vladimer Aptsiauri

1962 - 2012

David Khakhaleishvili

1971 - 2021

Among MUSICIANS In Georgia

Among musicians born in Georgia , Lisa Batiashvili ranks 6 .  Before her are Giya Kancheli (1935) , Eliso Virsaladze (1942) , Elisabeth Leonskaja (1945) , Nani Bregvadze (1938) , and Khatia Buniatishvili (1987) . After her are Giorgi Latso (1978) , and Mariko Ebralidze (1984) .

Georgian born Musicians

Giya Kancheli

1935 - 2019

Eliso Virsaladze

Elisabeth Leonskaja

1945 - Present

Nani Bregvadze

1938 - Present

Khatia Buniatishvili

1987 - Present

Giorgi Latso

1978 - Present

Mariko Ebralidze

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Artist Étoile at Lucerne Festival

“For me, the sound of the violin reflects the soul,” says Lisa Batiashvili. “It has a lot to do with my own emotions, with my origins.” This is precisely why performances by the violinist,...

Lisa Batiashvili awarded the 2025 Kaiser Otto Prize

Violinist Lisa Batiashvili and pianist Igor Levit have won the award for their commitment to promoting European democratic values First awarded in 2005, the City of Magdeburg’s Kaiser Otto Prize is a biennial prize...

Lisa Batiashvili announced as Berliner Philharmoniker’s Artist in Residence

For their 2023/24 season, Berliner Philharmoniker have announced that Lisa Batiashvili is the orchestra’s new Artist in Residence. As Artist in Residence, violinist Lisa Batiashvili will perform with Berliner Philharmoniker at the Europakonzert, which will take place for the...

Lisa Batiashvili performs in Europakonzert with Berliner Philharmoniker

Lisa Batiashvili performs Brahms’ Violin Concerto with Berliner Philharmoniker at the annual Europakonzert under the baton of Daniel Harding, replacing Daniel Baremboim, in Georgia on 1 May. The concert, which is broadcast internationally, takes place in the...

“City Lights” concerts in Germany with Georgian Chamber Orchestra

She is considered one of the most renowned violinists of our time: Lisa Batiashvili. Her virtuoso playing has been a source of enthusiasm for many years: the multi-award-winning artist regularly works with the world’s...

‘Secret Love Letters’ Album Tour with Philadelphia Orchestra

Kicking off her 2022/2023 season, Lisa Batiashvili embarks on a tour across Europe with the  brilliant conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra. The concerts will highlight her new album “Secret Love Letters” which...

Lisa Batiashvili Presents ‘Secret Love Letters’

“What would human life be like,” asks Lisa Batiashvili, “without this range of emotions and feelings which we feel cannot be shared with anyone?” Her new album celebrates the fine art of concealment, of holding...

Charity concert for Ukraine

On March 15, Lisa Batiashvili will participate in the Berliner Philharmoniker’s fundraising concert to aid Ukraine alongside conductor Alan Gilbert, tenor Rolando Villazón, oboist Francois Leleux and pianist Kirill Gerstein. The proceeds will benefit Bündnis...

European Chamber Music Tour with Thibaudet and Capuçon

This February, Lisa Batiashvili will join forces with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and cellist Gautier Capuçon to embark on a European tour focused on famed chamber music repertoire. All celebrated soloists in their own right,...

2021: Founding of the LISA BATIASHVILI FOUNDATION

For classical music world star, Lisa Batiashvili, one of the most life-changing events occurred at only 12 years of age. An early musical talent, the German violinist with Georgian roots left her then war-torn...

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Batiashavili became artist-in-residence with the New York Philharmonic for the 2014/15 season, and with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia for the 2017/18 season. In parallel, she has an artist residency with the NDR Symphony Orchestra.

Her commercial recordings include Magnus Lindberg's Violin Concerto No. 1 as part of her recording contract with Sony Classical, which she signed in 2007. And more recently, she has recorded several albums with Deutsche Grammophon, including in 2016, a much acclaimed album of the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius Violin Concertos and in 2017, an album of Prokofiev's works including his Violin Concertos 1 and 2.

Magnus Lindberg dedicated a violin concerto to her, which she gave its world premiere at Avery Fisher Hall, New York, on August 22, 2006 and European premiere in Sweden in October. Batiashvili and her husband, oboist François Leleux, commissioned from the Georgian composer Giya Kancheli the double concerto Broken Chant, which they premiered in February 2008 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London. She also commissioned a solo violin encore from her compatriot Igor Loboda for solo violin, "Requiem for Ukraine", which was meant to be a statement against conductor Valery Gergiev's cozy relationship with the regime of Vladimir Putin.

Batiashvili was one of the first of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, from 1999 to 2001. She has collaborated in chamber music and concerto performances with cellist Alban Gerhardt and pianist Steven Osborne , both BBC New Generation Artists exactly contemporary with Batiashvili. She has also worked with a later BBC New Generation Artist, Ashley Wass, in recital. She made her BBC Proms debut in 2000.

In 1995, aged 16, she placed 2nd at the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki.

Lisa Batiashvili was born in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, to a violinist father and a pianist mother. She began learning violin with her father from age four. The family left Georgia in 1991 when she was 12 years old, and settled in Germany. She later studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Mark Lubotsky, her teacher in Hamburg, had been a student of David Oistrakh , for whom Shostakovich wrote his violin concertos. Later, Lisa Batiashvili also studied with Ana Chumachenco.

Elisabeth Batiashvili (Georgian: ელისაბედ ბათიაშვილი ; born 7 March 1979), professionally known as Lisa Batiashvili, is a prominent Georgian violinist active across Europe and the United States. A former New York Philharmonic artist-in-residence, she is acclaimed for her "natural elegance, silky sound and the meticulous grace of her articulation." Batiashvili makes frequent appearances at high-profile international events; she was the violin soloist at the 2018 Nobel Prize concert.

She plays a 1739 Guarneri del Gesu violin (Cozio 61377) lent to her from the private collection of an anonymous German collector.

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