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Amiran Mariamidze

All prize winners
1st Prize, EMCY Prize
2025
Nationality: Georgian
Instrument: Guitar
Date of birth 2008/06/17

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 2008, Amiran Mariamidze is a young classical guitarist exploring the expressive possibilities of the instrument through solo performance, chamber music, and collaborations with other artists.

A first-prize winner of international competitions, including the Anna Amalia Competition for Young Guitarists (2025) in Weimar, Germany, where Thomas Müller-Pering served as chairman of the jury, Amiran has performed in solo and chamber settings, as well as as a soloist with orchestras.

At the age of 15, he performed Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with conductor Vakhtang Kakhidze at the Kakhidze Music Center in Tbilisi. More recently, he appeared as a soloist at the KKL Luzern in Switzerland alongside violinist Lisa Batiashvili and the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester in a program featuring works by Astor Piazzolla and Antonio Carlos Jobim, arranged and conducted by Nikoloz Rachveli.

Amiran began his musical studies at the Tbilisi Central Music School for Gifted Children named after Zakaria Paliashvili, initially studying cello before switching to guitar at the age of 10. He has studied under the guidance of David Kvaratshelia, a professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main (HfMDK).

Currently based in Boston, USA, Amiran continues to perform internationally, participate in competitions, and explore new artistic collaborations.

If you are interested in working with Amiran Mariamidze, please get in touch with the EMCY Office.

Repertoire

Solo Guitar Repertoire

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

  • Lute Suite in C minor, BWV 997
  • Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998

Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)

  • Sonata in D minor, K. 213
  • Sonata in A major, K. 209
  • Sonata in A major, K. 208
  • Sonata in A major, K. 322

Fernando Sor (1778–1839)

  • Fantaisie Élégiaque, Op. 59
  • Bagatelle No. 5 in D major, Op. 35

Mauro Giuliani (1781–1829)

  • Grand Overture, Op. 61

Giulio Regondi (1822–1872)

  • Introduction and Caprice, Op. 23

Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909)

  • Capricho Árabe
  • Recuerdos de la Alhambra
  • Lágrima
  • Adelita
  • María
  • Prelude No. 1 in D minor
  • Danza Mora
  • Endecha y Oremus
  • Rosita (Polka)

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999)

  • En los Trigales, from Por los campos de España

Antonio José (1902–1936)

  • Sonata

Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948)

  • Sonata No. 3

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)

  • Douze Études pour guitare, W235
  • Cinq Préludes pour guitare, W419

Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986)

  • Variations sur un thème de Scriabine

Tōru Takemitsu (1930–1996)

  • Equinox

Arrangements by Tōru Takemitsu

  • Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen, 1905-1986)
  • Summertime (George Gershwin, 1898-1937)
  • Hey Jude (John Lennon, 1940–1980 & Paul McCartney, 1942-)
  • Michelle (John Lennon, 1940–1980 & Paul McCartney, 1942-)
  • Yesterday (John Lennon, 1940–1980 & Paul McCartney, 1942-)
  • Here, There and Everywhere (John Lennon, 1940–1980 & Paul McCartney, 1942-)

Roland Dyens (1955–2016)

  • Libra Sonatine
  • Songe Capricorne
  • Valse en Skai
  • Tango en Skai
  • Flying Wigs
  • Valse des Loges
  • Comme le Jours

Arrangements by Roland Dyens

  • ‘Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk, 1917–1982)
  • Felicidade (Antônio Carlos Jobim, 1927–1994)

Nuccio D’Angelo (1955–)

  • Due Canzoni Lidie

Arnaud Dumont (1956–)

  • Hommage à Ravel

Chamber Music

With Melodic Instruments

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)

  • Histoire du Tango

Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)

  • Siete Canciones Populares Españolas (Seven Spanish Popular Songs)

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)

  • Pièce en forme de Habanera (Piece in the Form of a Habanera)

With Piano

Mauro Giuliani (1781–1829)

  • Two Rondos op. 68

Stephen Goss (1964–)

  • Intermezzi

With Orchestra

Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)

  • Petit Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, Op. 140

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999)

  • Concierto de Aranjuez

Video

2025-04-13
A. Tansman - Variations on a theme by Scriabin
2024-06-08
J. Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez II (Adagio)

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