Lisa Batiashvili

Lisa Batiashvili, the Georgian-born German violinist, is praised by audiences and fellow musicians for her virtuosity. An award-winning artist, she has developed long-standing relationships with the world’s leading orchestras, conductors and musicians. Batiashvili is also the Artistic Director of Audi Sommerkonzerte, Ingolstadt. For the 2020 festival, Batiashvili designs a programme to celebrate Audi’s anniversary year, as well as Beethoven year 2020 under the motto ‘Lights of Europe’. Lisa Batiashvili appears with the world’s greatest orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, New York Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa and Boston Symphony Orchestra, among others. Recording exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon, Batiashvili’s latest album ‘City Lights’ is released in June 2020. The project marks a deeply personal musical journey that takes listeners around the world via eleven pieces that represent the most important cities in Lisa’s life. Her previous recording – ‘Visions of Prokofiev’ – won an Opus Klassik Award and was shortlisted for the 2018 Gramophone Awards. Earlier recordings include the concertos of Tchaikovsky and Sibelius, Brahms, and Shostakovich No. 1. Lisa lives in Munich and plays a Joseph Guarneri “del Gesu” from 1739, generously loaned by a private collector.