Nana Ketevan Roinishvili

• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945): Romanian Folk Dances:
• 1 Romanian Folk Dances: I. Allegro moderato 01:27
• 2 Romanian Folk Dances: II. Allegro 00:35
• 3 Romanian Folk Dances: III. Andante 01:25
• 4 Romanian Folk Dances: IV. Molto moderato 01:35
• 5 Romanian Folk Dances: V. Allegro 00:31
• 6 Romanian Folk Dances: VI. Allegro 01:02
• György Ligeti (1923 - 2006): Sonate for Violincello solo:
• 7 Sonate for Violincello solo: I. Dialogo 05:03
• 8 Sonate for Violincello solo: II. Capriccio 04:20
• Fazil Say (b. 1970): Four Cities:
• 9 Four Cities: I. Sivas 05:59
• 10 Four Cities: II. Hopa 04:58
• 11 Four Cities: III. Ankara 10:53
• 12 Four Cities: IV. Bodrum 02:50
• Revaz Lagidze (1921 - 1981):
• 13 Elegie 04:14
• Florian Magnus Maier (b. 1973):
• 14 Gossamer Road 06:55
• Sulkhan Tsintsadze (1925 - 1991): 5 pieces on Folk Themes:
• 15 5 pieces on Folk Themes: I. Urmuli 05:00
• 16 5 pieces on Folk Themes: II. Chonguri 01:27
• 17 5 pieces on Folk Themes: III. Sachidao 02:53
• 18 5 pieces on Folk Themes: IV. Nana 03:06
• 19 5 pieces on Folk Themes: V. Tsekva 02:15
• Traditional:
• 20 Tsintskaro 04:13
• Total Runtime 01:10:41

Info for Nana

Georgian born but Dutch citizen Ketevan Roinsvhili presents her long-expected debut album ‘nana’ at 7MNTN! Nana means lullaby in Georgian, and this relates to the folk theme of this album. The young cellist welcomes her listeners with a colourful musical palette with music coming from her home country, accompanied by compositions from Turkey, Hungary and a Dutch commission piece by ‘classic rock star’ Florian Magnus Maier.

Tsintsadze is a composer not many people may have heard about before. We think that needs to be changed. Because the music by this Georgian is of a natural beauty, describing Georgian culture and surroundings on a lovely manner. Next to this on ‘nana’ music lovers will be treated by the powerful Four Cities by Fazil Say, the Romanian Folk Dances by Bartók, the daring Cello solo sonata by Ligeti and the mesmerizing Elegie by Lagidze.

Georgians like to sing. And Ketevan is no different in this. Together with the hypnotizing voice of Nora Fischer she performs the Georgian song Tsintskaro as a kind of encore on this album. Originally meant for polyphonic mail choir, they sing it together two-voiced with Ketevan on cello also playing a fixed note continuously.

‘Nana’ is an album on which Ketevan Roinishvili, assisted by the gifted Daniël Kool on piano, brings true gems from countries that may not have been associated so frequently with Western classical music in the past.

Ketevan Roinishvili, cello
Daniel Kool, piano

Ketevan Roinishvili
The Amsterdam based Ketevan Roinishvili comes from a musical Family in Tbilisi (Georgia). Ketevan studied at the Music Gymnasium with Professor Mikheil Khoshtaria until 2005 and was accepted at the Conservatory of Tbilisi. Here she studied until August 2008 with Professor Tamara Gabrashvili. In 2012 she finished her Bachelor Cum Laude with Professor Dmitri Ferschtman at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. In 2012 Ketevan studied at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien with Professor Reinhard Latzko. In 2014 she finished her studies at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Floris Mijnders with the highest degree, Cum Laude.

Ketevan won various national and international prizes among in competitions among which the Georgian National Competition and the Servais International Competition. She worked with musicians like Dmitri Ferschtman and Natalia Gutman. Ketevan also performed and worked with conductors like Adrian Prabava and Cem Mansur.

Ketevan received the ‘Radio 4 studiebeurs’ in the Dutch Classical Talent competition in 2013. She was also awarded with a tour in the Netherlands, which she performed in March 2015. In 2016 Ketevan was selected for the new Masters on Tour series.

Ketevan performs regularly in the Netherlands and abroad. She gave concerts and tours throughout Europe and South-America.

Russian conductor Lev Markiz and the ‘Stichting vrienden van het Conservatorium van Tbilisi’ made it possible for Ketevan to come and study in the Nethelands. Also they helped her to buy her current instrument. Her bow is a ‘Fetique’ and is borrowed from the ‘Nationaal Instrumentenfonds (NMF).

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