BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Acme Widgets\, Inc.//NONSGML ExportToCalendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Groupmuses near X-WR-NAME:Groupmuses near BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261021T232721Z UID:557fd3df-c599-4ab9-983a-76aaf72a70f1 DTSTART:20261106T000000Z DTEND:20261106T023000Z DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Jonathan D.\nMusicians: Nicolas Namoradze\n\n6 PM Doo rs & Pre-Reception\n8 PM Performance\n10 PM Post-Reception\n\n_____\n\n**N icolas Namoradze**: Bach\, Beethoven\, Ravel: Album Release Recital\n\n[Go tham Arts](https://gothamarts.net) in collaboration with [Groupmuse](https ://www.groupmuse.com/) is delighted to present an intimate solo recital by pianist [Nicolas Namoradze](https://nicolasnamoradze.com/) celebrating th e release of his new album *Grosse Fuge* with a recital program featuring works by Bach\, Beethoven\, and Ravel\, including Nicolas' own solo piano transcriptions of Beethoven's celebrated *Grosse Fuge* and Ravel's *Daphni s et Chloé Suite No. 2*. The evening will also include a discussion of th e album and a disc signing.\n\nWine will be served.\n\n**Program**\n\nBEET HOVEN Sonata No. 22 in F Major\, Op. 54\n\nBACH Prelude and Fugue in F-S harp Major from the *Well-Tempered Clavier\, Book II*\, BWV 882\nBACH Pre lude and Fugue in f-sharp minor from the *Well-Tempered Clavier\, Book II* \, BWV 883\n\nBEETHOVEN-NAMORADZE Grosse Fuge in B-Flat Major\, Op. 133\n \n*Intermission*\n\nRAVEL Miroirs\n\nRAVEL-NAMORADZE Daphnis et Chloé S uite No. 2\n\n__________\n\n**About the Artist**\n\n[Watch Nicolas perform Bach\, Beethoven\, and Scriabin at Wigmore Hall](https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=LRYY1279m5o)\n\n**About Nicolas Namoradze**\n\n**Nicolas Namoradze ** is a visionary pianist and composer known for his innovative artistry. He came to international attention in 2018 upon winning the triennial Hone ns International Piano Competition in Calgary\, Canada\, and has since gar nered international acclaim for his performances and recordings. A Musical America New Artist\, BBC Music Magazine Rising Star and Gramophone One to Watch\, he was bestowed the Pianist of the Year Award by the UK Critics ’ Circle in 2022. His often sold-out recitals around the globe have been met with critical praise\, and album releases have received extraordinary accolades\, including the Choc de Classica\, Record of the Month in Limel ight\, Instrumental Disc of the Month in BBC Music Magazine\, Editor’s C hoice in Gramophone\, Editor’s Choice in Presto Classical and Critics’ Choice in International Piano\, as well as a first-place debut in the UK charts for classical instrumental albums. An exclusive Ondine recording ar tist\, his first album with the label\, released in October 2026\, is an a ll-Beethoven album featuring the *Hammerklavier* Sonata and his own solo p iano arrangement of the *Grosse Fuge*.\n\nThe 2026/27 season takes him acr oss North America\, Europe and further afield with highlights including a series of recitals at the Konzerthaus Dortmund\, recitals at London’s Wi gmore Hall\, Munich’s Prinzregententheater\, Padova’s Palazzo Livano a nd the Vancouver Annex\, highly anticipated returns to Japan and Taiwan fo r solo recital tours including performances at Tokyo’s Triphony Hall and Taipei’s National Concert Hall\, and residencies at the Banff Centre an d the Sarasota\, Honens and Tonebase Festivals. Orchestral highlights incl ude a Saint-Saëns concerto recording project\, with a performance at New York’s Alice Tully Hall. He presents his groundbreaking “Neurorecital ” at the Cristofori and Beakerhead Festivals\, a project which has garne red extensive coverage including features in the New York Times\, Financia l Times\, BBC Music Magazine\, Classic FM\, and Radio Classique. The seaso n also sees several major composition premieres\, including a co-commissio n by Wigmore Hall and the BBC premiering at the Wigmore\, a Schnabel Found ation commission appearing on a new album on the Sono Luminus label\, and the compulsory commissioned work for the Tbilisi International Piano Compe tition\, where he also serves on the jury.\n\nPrevious seasons have includ ed acclaimed performances of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with Iván Fis cher and the Budapest Festival Orchestra\, whose broadcast medici.tv inclu ded as one of nine all-time greatest performances by former piano competit ion winners in a “prizewinner to pantheon” lineup and named him among thirty-five pianists in their list of “history’s most celebrated piani sts.” Recent acclaim includes five-star reviews in The Telegraph and The Guardian\, which described his Royal Festival Hall performance as “idea lly laconic and debonair\, weighty yet exquisite\, and exactingly precise in tone and touch\,” while International Piano hailed his Wigmore Hall r ecital as “unfolding in an opalescent glow\, every bar touched with beau ty… exultant and never less than technically immaculate.” Additional h ighlights include residencies with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra\, Verbie r Festival\, and Dresdner Philharmonie\, recitals at major venues such as Carnegie Hall\, Konzerthaus Berlin\, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan\, and Boston’s G ardner Museum\, and concerto performances with the London Philharmonic\, S infonieorchester Basel\, Calgary Philharmonic\, Milwaukee Symphony\, RAI S ymphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland\, under c onductors including Karina Canellakis\, Hans Graf\, Jeffrey Kahane\, Ken-D avid Masur\, and Daniele Rustioni. \n\nAs a composer\, Namoradze has recei ved commissions and performances from esteemed artists\, ensembles\, and f estivals including the Chelsea Music Festival\, Portland Piano Internation al\, Klavier-Festival Ruhr and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival\, with several album releases on the Steinway & Sons label. He has also scored se veral film soundtracks\, such as Le chant des étoiles\, and his works are published by Muse Press. Namoradze is also involved in new directions in performance and audience engagement\, informed by his involvement in music -related fields in the cognitive sciences. His doctoral thesis at the CUNY Graduate Center developed mathematical models for aspects of musical perc eption\, winning the Barry Brook Award for dissertation of the year. It is now published by Springer as the book “Ligeti’s Macroharmonies” in the Computational Music Science series. Namoradze presents recital formats that reimagine the concert experience through a range of innovative proje cts\, including lecture-recitals\, immersive multimedia performances\, and interdisciplinary collaborations with scientific research. \n\nBorn in Tb ilisi\, Georgia and raised in Budapest\, Namoradze studied in Budapest\, V ienna\, Florence\, New York and London with mentors including Emanuel Ax\, Yoheved Kaplinsky\, Zoltán Kocsis\, Matti Raekallio\, András Schiff and Eliso Virsaladze in piano\, and John Corigliano in composition. He now se rves on the faculty of the CUNY Graduate Center and deputizes at The Juill iard School. LOCATION:Flatiron\, New York\, 10011 SUMMARY:Nicolas Namoradze: Bach\, Beethoven\, Ravel: Album Release Recital URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/17084-nicolas-namoradze-bach-beethoven -ravel-album-release-recital IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://bunny.groupmuse.com/db602aeb-3af9-46d9-9d9e-051c127 aa691/NicolasNamoradze-1.875w.png?aspect_ratio=1%3A1&width=1200 X-PRICE:$65 tickets ($55 for Supermusers) END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR