INGA FIOLIA -Chopin Piano Concerto No.1 /Romanze (2.movement)

www.ingafiolia.com Trinitatis Church, Cologne 2018 Cologne Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Christoph Poppen A multiple prizewinner of international competitions and described in the international press as a “poet on the piano with remarkable maturity”, Georgian-German pianist Inga Fiolia has a bright future. Since giving her first performance with an orchestra at the age of seven, she has shown outstanding ability as a soloist, accompanist and interpreter of a wide variety of styles, from baroque to 21st century compositions. She graduated from the Central Music School of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and the Cologne Musikhochschule with Alexey Nasedkin, Rudolf Kehrer and Vassily Lobanov. As a soloist, she has collaborated with world-renowned orchestras including the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Brandenburg State Opera Philharmonic, the Brussels Philharmonic, the Georgian State Chamber Orchestra and National Philharmonic, the Bergische Symphoniker, and the South Westphalia Philharmonic. She has shared stages with Rolando Villazón, Michael Barenboim, Christoph Poppen and Christian Lanza and has also performed for major TV and radio stations including ZDF, ARTE, Classica TV, SWR, Deutschlandradio, WDR and Georgian TV. Her performance of a selection of Scriabin Preludes and Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 was released on DVD "Stars of tomorrow" (Unitel Classica, 2015) and her CD with Glinka Piano Variations (2017), "Dances` (2018) and Sulkhan Tsintsadze “24 Preludes” on Naxos´ Lable Grand Piano. For more information, visit www.ingafiolia.com.