Tatia Chikovani

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Born (1991-07-31) July 31, 1991 (age 34)
Sukhumi
Genres
  • Classical music
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsPiano

Tatia Chikovani ( born 1991 ) is a Georgian/Norwegian Classical Pianist currently based in Oslo. She specializes in solo performance, chamber music, and accompaniment. Her performances have received positive reviews from critics, notably journalist Anne Gry Eilertsen who described her performance vividly: " as if the ceiling cracked open and the sky came crashing down on the audience."[1]

Biography

Born in Sukhumi to Marina Solomonia and Nugzar Chikovani, two notable Georgian actors, Chikovani and her family fled the War in Abkhasia and resettled in Tbilisi when she was one year old.[1][2][3] Chikovani began performing publicly at age seven with her orchestral debut alongside the Georgian Symphonic Orchestra, where she played Berkovich's Third Concerto and could, by her own words, barely reach the pedals.[1][3][4]

Chikovani regularly performed as a soloist with Revaz Takidze, conductor at Z. Paliashvili State Opera & Theatre. Under the guidance of her teacher Rusudan Begishvili, she graduated with honors from the Central Musical Gymnasium and received a scholarship to the V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire.[5][6] She was a student of Professor Lali Sanikidze and studied there for only a year and a half before being accepted to the Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH) in Oslo, Norway.[3][4]

In 2012, Chikovani moved to Norway to study at NMH and later graduated as "Master of Music Performance (Solo Instrument)".[2][7] In 2016 she married and had a son in 2018 while finishing her masters degree.[1][2] Through mentorship from notable musicians and professors like Liv Glaser and Håvard Gimse, she developed an expressive style noted by audiences and critics.[1][2][8][9][10][11] She continued her education in 2022 with Educational Theory and Practice (PPU) at NMH. Alongside performing and recording, she also teaches young talents.

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Career

Chikovani has performed and competed internationally, including in Tenerife, where she won an award at the I Agustín Aponte International Music Competition in 2016, and at festival venues such as the Evmelia International Music Festival in Athens and Volos, Greece. At Sunnmøre Chamber Music Festival, her performances and masterclasses was also received positively by critics, contributing to her reputation for engaging performances.[9][10]

In 2020, Chikovani was a guest pianist at the NMH, where she collaborated with notable composers, conductors, and performers such as Sigmund Thorp, Liv Glaser and Wolfgang Plagge.[1][8] She has participated in album recordings with both Knut Buen[13] and Paal Nilssen-Love in Extra Large Unit, and has several self-published recordings on Youtube and SoundCloud.

Chikovani is also involved in charitable causes, such as concerts for the elderly and infirm in Oslo and Bærum municipalities.[14][15] She performed at concerts to raise funds for a grand piano for the Hareid Municipality's prayer house, where she is credited as the initiator of the fundraising effort and with the first donation.[2]

Performances

  • 2025: Tangofest! - Ensemble performing contemporary Tango in "The Torpedo Workshop" with Per Arne Glorvigen
  • 2025: The Norwegian Minister of Defense's Gala Concert - Ensemble performing contemporary Tango with Per Arne Glorvigen
  • 2025: Flygelfest med blåsere 2025 - Concert in Horten Church performing Mozart quintet and more
  • 2024: Tango Resonance - Duo series with accordionist Roberto Palermo performing traditional and contemporary tango
  • 2022: 80th memorial anniversary of the Norwegian Holocaust victims - Duo with cellist Ernst Simon Glaser at Oslo City Hall
  • 2022: Den kulturelle spaserstokken - Tour of 12 charitable converts for the elderly and infirm in Bærum municipality
  • 2021: Piano duo with Prof. Dino Imeri - Various four handed pieces for piano
  • 2021: Sunnmøre Chamber Music Festival - Various solo and ensemble performances
  • 2019: Evmelia International Music Festival - Solo, duo and trio with Soprano and Clarinet, various classical pieces
  • 2019: Piano Duo with Wolfgang Plagge - Various classical pieces for two pianos and four hands
  • 2019: I am from Nor-Ge - Solo performance of various Norwegian and Georgian works
  • 2019: Concert in Hareid Church Concert Hall - Schubert - 4 Impromtus, op.90 and Rachmaninoff - Etudes - Tableaux , op.39
  • 2018: Transform to Twilight - Charitable concert in Oslo Cathedral in cooperation with Church City Mission
  • 2017: Schuberts Last Years - Collaboration with Prof. Liv Glaser, four hands on Fortepiano and Prof. Mona Julsrud (Soprano)
  • 2017: Duo with Violin - Collaboration with Mariam Maghradze (Oslo Philharmonic)
  • 2017: Extra Large Unit at Only Connect 2017 - 28-piece ensemble using a combination of graphic scores, conduction, written prompts and conventional notation
  • 2017: Rachmaninovs complete works - Concert series in Villa Grande (Oslo) and NMH in collaboration with Håvard Gimse

Discography

Albums and tracks

  • 2018: Extra Large Unit - More Fun Please (PNL PNL040)
  • 2019: På tur upp og tur ne, masj - Vandraren - Slåttar for klaver (Heilo HCD7314)

Self-publications

  • 2014: Bach Piano Partita No. 2 in C Minor. BWV 826 (YouTube)
  • 2014: Haydn Piano Sonata No. 39 in D Major. Hob. XVI/24 I. Movement, Allegro (YouTube)
  • 2015: Schubert Liszt Ständchen (SoundCloud)
  • 2019: Schubert Fantasia in F minor for Piano four hands (YouTube)
  • 2019: Milhaud Scaramouche for two pianos (YouTube)
  • 2020: Pablo de Sarasate "Carmen fantasy" Op.25, For violin and piano (Youtube)
  • 2022: Schubert Impromptu No.1 in C-Minor, Op.90, D.899 (Youtube)
  • 2022: Schubert Impromptu No.2 in E-flat Major, Op.90, D.899 (Youtube)
  • 2022: Bach Piano Partita No. 2 in C Minor, Capriccio. BWV 826 (YouTube)
  • 2022: Rachmaninoff Etude - Tableaux Op.39 No.2 (YouTube)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Eilertsen, Anne Gry (November 1, 2019). "Meisterpianist Tatia Chikovani frå Georgia: - Eg elskar hyttelivet på Hareid" [Master pianist Tatia Chikovani from Georgia: "I love cabin life in Hareid."]. Vikebladet Vestposten (in norsk). pp. 21–23. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Grimstad, Leiv Arne (April 11, 2019). "Magisk tjuvstart på innsamling til nytt flygel" [A magical head start for the new-piano fund]. Vikebladet Vestposten (in norsk). p. 8. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "თათია ჩიქოვანი - ქართველები უცხოეთში" [Tatia Chikovani - Georgians Abroad]. www.nplg.gov.ge. National Library of Georgia. 2025-07-27. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Khutsishvili, Mzevinar (2015-05-22). "ახლა, მხოლოდ ის ვიცი, რომ სხვა ქვეყანაში დაბერება არ მინდა…" [Now, all I know is that I don't want to grow old in another country...]. Personas. Kvira Media Holding.
  5. ↑ Gurgenidze, Salome (2015-05-28). როცა საკუთარ თავთან მართალი ხარ [When you are true to yourself] (Radio broadcast). Sputnik Georgia. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  6. ↑ Shukvani, Eka; Kobakhidze, Zura (2015-08-08). Tatia Chikovani - Family portrait interview (Television production). Retrieved 2025-06-22 – via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "თათია ჩიქოვანის „Final master Project" ნორვეგიაში" [Tatia Chikovani's "Final Master Project" in Norway]. Georgian Week. 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Bjerknes, Andreas (October 22, 2019). "- Internasjonalt toppinstrument" [- International top-class instrument]. Vikebladet Vestposten (in norsk). p. 15. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Bjerknes, Andreas (August 31, 2021). "Vil slå eit slag for den klassiske musikken" [Want to champion classical music]. Vikebladet Vestposten (in norsk). p. 28. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Måseide, Ingvild Aursøy (September 12, 2021). "Løfta ein regnfull haustkveld til ein kveld i særklasse" [Lifted a rainy autumn evening into an exceptional night]. Vikebladet Vestposten (in norsk). p. 10. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
  11. ↑ Nilsen, Bjørn (February 18, 2025). "Horten kirke fylles til konserter: - Teknisk briljans og karismatisk utstråling" [Horten Church fills up for concerts: - Technical brilliance and charismatic radiance]. Gjengangeren (in norsk). Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  12. ↑ Faghava, Irina (2015-07-16). ნორვეგიაში მცხოვრები ქართველი პიანისტი [The Georgian pianist living in Norway] (Radio broadcast). Sputnik Georgia. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  13. ↑ Buen, Knut (October 25, 2019). "Vandraren". Grappa.no. Helio. ASIN B07XJZPDFD. #HCD 7314H. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  14. ↑ "Lindelia sykehjem - Leve helt, hele livet - Bærum kommune". Facebook. December 16, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Stabæktunet sykehjem - Leve helt, hele livet - Bærum kommune". Facebook. December 11, 2024.

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