The 39th Kirishima International Music Festival 2018

Elliso Wilsalase (piano)

Eliso Wilsalase (14 September 1942 -) is a Georgian women pianist. She is wel-knowned not only as a musician but also as an educator.
After receiving piano instruction from grandmother Anastasiya Wilsalase who was a famous music teacher in Georgia, she studied at Tbilisi Conservatory. After graduation she also learned from Genliff Neigaus and Jakov Zak at the Moscow Conservatory. She won the third prize at the Tchaikovsky International Competition in 1962 and won the Zwickau Robert Schumann Competition in 1966. It was also known that she had a close relationship with Sviatoslav Richter and was deeply influenced.

Co-star with the world's leading orchestras, with renowned conductor such as Rudolph Barshai, Cyrillic Condoracin, Riccardo Muti, Kurt Sanderling, Wolfgang Svaldsch, Evgeny Svetlanov, Yuri · Temirkanov, Antoni Vito Then, she continues her performing career. She is also active in the field of chamber music and has performed with Oleg · Kagan, Natariya · Gutman, Borodin String Quartet, Tannev Quartet, and also has recorded recordings.

Works of European composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and Brahms, and Russian music including Tchaikovsky as the main repertoire. Especially for the interpretation of Schumann's work there is a reputation, Richter hailed Wilsalase as "the best Schumann player in the world".

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• Kagoshima Cathedral Xavier Memorial
  鹿児島カテドラルザビエル記念聖堂

  Address

  日本、〒892-0841 鹿児島県鹿児島市照国町１３−４２  Map

• Kirishima International Music Hall
  霧島国際音楽ホール

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  日本、〒899-6603 鹿児島県霧島市牧園町高千穂３３１１−２９  Map

• Baoshan Hall
  宝山ホール

  Address

  日本、〒892-0816 鹿児島県鹿児島市山下町５−３  Map

• Fairy Garden
  仙巌園

  Address

  日本、〒892-0871 鹿児島県鹿児島市吉野町９７００−１  Map

• Kagoshima Citizens Culture Hall
  鹿児島市民文化ホール

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  日本、〒890-0062 鹿児島県鹿児島市３ 与次郎２丁目３−１  Map

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