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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Jonathan D.\nMusicians: Gocha Abuladze and Pavel Ners
 essian\n\n5 PM Doors & Pre-Reception\n6 PM Performance\n7:30 PM Post-Recep
 tion\n\n_____\n\n**Gocha Abuladze & Pavel Nersessian**: Art Songs & Opera 
 Arias\n\n[Gotham Arts](https://gothamarts.net) in collaboration with [Grou
 pmuse](https://www.groupmuse.com/) is delighted to present an intimate pri
 vate recital by baritone [Gocha Abuladze](https://www.instagram.com/gocha_
 abuladze_abuli/) and pianist [Pavel Nersessian](https://pavelnersessian.co
 m/) featuring art songs and opera arias in German\, Italian\, Russian\, an
 d Georgian.\n\nWine will be served.\n\n**Program:**\n\n*Part I: Romantic &
  Lyrical Art Songs*\n\nMAHLER *Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen* (*Songs of
  a Wayfarer*)\n  \nTCHAIKOVSKY "None But the Lonely Heart"\, Op. 6 No. 6\n
 \nTCHAIKOVSKY "Amid the Din of the Ball"\, Op. 38 No. 3\n\nRACHMANINOFF "I
  Opened the Window"\, Op. 63 No. 2\n\nKVERNADZE "Flowers of Autumn"\n\nLAG
 IDZE "You've Slipped Into Slumber"\n\nLEKISHVILI "I Am Fond of All Those L
 oves"\n\n*Intermission*\n\n*Part II: Operatic Arias & Dramatic Passages*\n
 \nTCHAIKOVSKY  "I Love You" (Yeletsky's Aria from *The Queen of Spades*)\n
 \nGIORDANO "Nemico della patria?" (Gérard's Aria from *Andrea Chénier*)\
 n\nVERDI "Dio di Giuda!" (Nabbuco's Aria from *Nabucco*)\n\nPALIASHVILI "O
  Wicked Soul" (Kiazo's Aria from *Daisi*)\n\nRACHMANINOFF "Ves' tabor spit
 " (Aleko's Aria from *Aleko*)\n\nGEORGIAN TRADITIONAL "They Are Late"\n\nR
 OSSINI "Largo al factotum" (Figaro's Aria from *The Barber of Seville*)\n\
 n__________\n\n**About the Artists**\n\n[Watch Gocha sing the Georgian fol
 k song "They Are Late" in a music video for his album "Abuli"](https://www
 .youtube.com/watch?v=tGc3Q1xLM4w)\n\n**About Gocha Abuladze**\n\n**Gocha A
 buladze**\, the accomplished Georgian opera singer\, hails from Kutaisi\, 
 Georgia\, where his lifelong love for music and singing blossomed from an 
 early age. His mother served as his initial music teacher\, nurturing his 
 passion.\n\nHe embarked on his musical journey by graduating from the Tbil
 isi State Conservatoire\, and later honed his skills in Italy under the tu
 telage of renowned masters. His dedication to perfecting his singing techn
 ique led him to study with luminaries like Montserrat Caballé\, Willian M
 ateuzzi\, Lella Cuberli\, Vazha Chachava\, and Nodar Andguladze.\n\nAbulad
 ze's talent has been widely recognized\, with victories in over ten intern
 ational competitions. Among these accolades\, the "Magda Olivero" competit
 ion in Milan stands out\, as well as the special "Ettore Bastianini" prize
  for best baritone.\n\nHis illustrious career in Europe saw him gracing th
 e stages of esteemed opera theaters\, including Arena di Verona\, Teatro R
 egio di Parma\, Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Busseto\, Cagliari Theatre\, Gran
 ge Park Opera in London\, Montpelier Capitol Theatre\, Teatro Filarmonico 
 in Verona\, and many more. Across these venues\, he portrayed 27 leading r
 oles and garnered recognition in European and US press.\n\nAbuladze's coll
 aborations with distinguished artists such as Franco Zeffirelli\, Hugo de 
 Ana\, Daniel Oren\, Andrea Battistoni\, Donato Renzetti\, Marcus Bosch\, G
 ustav Kuhn\, Ferruccio Furlanetto\, Michelangelo Mazza\, Francesco Ivan Ci
 ampa\, Leo Nucci\, Anita Ratchvelishvili\, and others enriched his artisti
 c journey.\n\nIn 2014\, he earned the title of the best singer of the seas
 on in Germany. Notably\, his collaboration with the Stuttgart Philharmonic
  Orchestra produced his debut CD\, "Un giorno di regno" by Giuseppe Verdi\
 , which was broadcast live on Germany's Central Radio station and remains 
 available in music shops throughout Europe.\n\nAbuladze made a triumphant 
 American debut with Carnegie Hall in New York in 2019. During the pandemic
 \, he embarked on tours in Italy and Georgia. Additionally\, he released a
  significant CD titled "Abuli\," featuring Georgian romances in collaborat
 ion with Bravo Records.\n\nIn 2022\, Gocha Abuladze relocated to the Unite
 d States. His noteworthy benefit concert at Carnegie Hall on May 18\, 2022
 \, held on the Weill Recital Hall stage\, aimed to support displaced Ukrai
 nian women and children. This event was followed by a series of concerts t
 hroughout 2022.\n\nHis creative pursuits extend beyond singing\, as he com
 poses songs and continues to work on various compositions. Gocha Abuladze'
 s musical journey is a testament to his dedication\, talent\, and commitme
 nt to both his art and humanitarian causes.\n\n**About Pavel Nersessian**\
 n\n“His performance brought a veritable roar of approval from the audien
 ce\,” wrote the Irish Times\, after **Pavel Nersessian** received the 1s
 t Prize in the GPA Dublin International Piano Competition in 1991. Being o
 ne of the most remarkable pianists of his generation in Russia\, he is kno
 wn for his ability to play equally convincingly in the whole palette of th
 e piano repertoire. He won prizes in the Beethoven Competition in Vienna i
 n 1985\, the Paloma O’Shea Competition in Santander\, and the Tokyo Comp
 etition.\n\nNersessian was a pupil of the famous Central Music School of t
 he Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire\, where his teacher was Yu. Levin. Lat
 er he was a student of the Conservatoire under Prof. S. Dorensky. Upon gra
 duating from the Conservatoire in 1987 with maximum marks he was invited t
 o join the faculty.\n\nPavel Nersessian has been touring Russia and surrou
 nding states from the age of eight\, and has given performances in London\
 , Glasgow\, Edinburgh\, New York\, Los Angeles\, Paris\, Cannes\, Leipzig\
 , Vienna\, Budapest\, Madrid\, Tokyo\, Osaka\, Seoul\, Dublin\, Rio de Jan
 eiro\, Belgrade\, Cairo\, Kiev\, Beijing and many other cities.\n\nMr. Ner
 sessian\, by special invitation from the Kirov and the Perm Ballet\, perfo
 rmed solo part in Balanchine’s Ballet Imperial based on the music of Tch
 aikovsky’s 2nd Piano Concerto with performances in the Kirov\, Bolshoi\,
  Chatelet and Covent Garden. He also played a solo part in J. Robbins’ b
 allet “The concert\, or The Perils of Everybody” on the music of F. Ch
 opin. \n\nHe is known for his collaboration with chamber music groups and 
 other musicians\, such as Borodin and Glinka Quartets\, National Symphony 
 Orchestra in Russia\, Thomas Sanderling\, Tugan Sokhiev\, Alexandr Chernus
 henko\, Valeriy Polyansky\, Mikhail Agrest\, Pascal Moragues\, Julius Milk
 is\, Evgeny Petrov\, Pavel Kogan\, Abel Perreira\, Benjamin Schmid\, Stepa
 n Yakovich\, Ani Kavafian\, Andrei Gridchuk\, Alena Baeva\, Zlatomir Fung\
 , Filip Kopachevsky\, Yana Ivanilova\, Nina Kogan\, Mikhail Bereznitsky\, 
 Maxim Emelyanychev\, Diana Vishneva\, Philippe Cassard\, Alexandre Lazarev
 \, Gaik Kazazyan\, Lukas Geniushas\, Richard Young\, Valentin Uriupin\, It
 amar Zorman\, and many others. He has recorded numerous disks with composi
 tions of Chopin\, Schumann\, Schubert\, Brahms\, Tchaikovsky\, Beethoven\,
  Shostakovich\, and he has given masterclasses in the USA\, Russia\, Eston
 ia\, Kazakhstan\, Ireland\, Germany\, Spain\, Italy\, Korea\, Brazil\, and
  Japan.\n\nIn 2005 he became a merited artist of the Russian Federation.\n
 \nFor more than 25 years P. Nersessian has been assisting his teacher\, pr
 ofessor S. Dorensky. He has worked with such talented pupils as N. Lugansk
 y\, D. Matsuev\, V. Rudenko\, O. Kern\, A. Shtarkman\, Yu. Stadler\, I. Ta
 sovats\, F. Amirov\, M. Amara\, A. Dossin\, V. Igoshina\, A. Mamriev\, V. 
 Korchinskaya-Kogan\, S. Simonian\, Z. Chochieva\, G. Chaidze\, N. Pisareva
 \, A. Sychev\, F. Kopachevsky\, P. Kolesnikov\, A. Tarasevich-Nikolaev\, L
 . Bernsdorf\, P. Elisha\, A. Malofeev\, A\, Kliuchko and many others.\n\nP
 avel Nersessian served as a jury member in many international piano compet
 itions: Dublin\, Hamamatsu\, Sendai\, Maria Canals in Barcelona\, Hilton H
 ead\, Almaty\, Valencia\, Tbilisi and other competitions. \n\nIn 2013 he s
 tarted to work as a professor of piano in Boston university\, in 2022 as a
  professor of piano in New England Conservatory.\n\nRecent recitals of Pav
 el Nersessian include chamber programs with violinists Kirsti Kuusk\, Garr
 y Levinson\, Daniil Kogan as well as singers Ilya Silchukou and Julia Lezh
 neva.
LOCATION:Flatiron\, New York\, 10011
SUMMARY:Gocha Abuladze & Pavel Nersessian: Art Songs & Opera Arias
URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/15187-gocha-abuladze-pavel-nersessian-
 art-songs-opera-arias
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