Tbilisi Youth Orchestra

About the concert

The Tbilisi Youth Orchestra and its conductor Mirian Khukhunaishvili love contrasts. For their concert at Young Euro Classic, they follow festival tradition and bring intriguing works from their homeland, including two premieres: one is a composition by Mika Mdinaradze, whose Kirye Eleison was recently given its world premiere by the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, and the other is a work by Kordz, a pianist and performer who mixes all kinds of musical genres brilliantly. The third Georgian element is the Violin Concerto Chiaroscuro by the famous Georgian master composer Giya Kancheli, performed by Veriko Tchumburidze, a Georgian violinist who studied in Vienna and Munich. The classical and romantic framework is provided by two highlights of Central European symphonic music: Mendelssohn’s concert overture The Hebrides, inspired by a trip to Scotland the composer undertook in his youth, and the impressive Third Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, the Eroica. A truly promising programme for an orchestra that was only founded in 2019!