Musici

Levan Tskhadadze is considered as one of the leading young musicians in Georgia. He was born in 1983 in Tbilisi; He studied in the E. Mikeladze School of Instrumental Music and V.Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory with Davit Jishkariani. Levan continued his studies in Amsterdam and Nice with Harmen de Boer and Michel Lethiec. In 2011 he obtained his masters degree at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Levan is a founder and artistic director of the Tbilisi Wind Festival, Kutaisi Classical Music Festival and co-founder of Chiatura Music Academy, where he collaborates with worlds leading wind players, such as Radovan Vlatkovic, Maurice Bourgue, Sergio Azzoloni and many others. He won several prizes during his studies, such as: Francois Leleux Wind Competition in Tbilisi and Scholarship of the foundation "Solo", founded by Elisabeth Leonskaya. Levan received master classes from Karl Leister, Paul Meyer, Anthony Pay and Menahem Pressler. He played as principal clarinet in Tbilisi Opera Orchestra, Georgian Chamber Orchestra in Ingolstadt, Europa Philharmonie, Belfast Ulster Orchestra, Georgian Sinfonietta, Deutsche, Salzburg Chamber Soloists and Kammerakademie Neuss. As a soloist he played with various orchestras. Levan performed in Konzerthaus Berlin with Georgian Sinfonietta and in May 2011 the same concert was recorded by a French classical music TV “Mezzo”. In 2012 he performed Arvo Part "In Spe" for wind quintet and strings, in the big hall of Amsterdam Concertgebouw with Georgian Sinfonietta and Markus Poschner. As a chamber musician, Levan regularly performs in various halls such as: Concertgebouw Amsterdam, De Oosterport Groningen, De Doelen Rotterdam, Haarlem Philharmonie and many others.