Irma Issakadze, was born in 1976 in Tiflis, Georgia,
into a family of significant musicians. She debuted at
the age of nine with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.
1 in a concert with the Georgian State Orchestra. At
fourteen, she entered the class of Ludwig Hoffmann
at the Academy of Theater and Music in Munich. She
obtained her degree in concert piano with Vladimir
Krainev at the Academy of Music in Hanover.
Irma Issakadze has concertized in Spain, Italy,
Germany, Georgia, France, Switzerland and the USA.
The NDR broadcast one of her concerts with the
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Hanover of the NDR
under Eiji Oue.
With her recording of the Goldberg Variations,
the young pianist demonstrates her compelling musical
personality with an interpretation that is based on
knowledge of the great achievements throughout the
history of the interpretation of this central work and which likewise finds its own way between the great
pianistic tradition and today’s historically informed
performance practice.
The CD, which was recorded, mixed and mastered
in “real” DSD, without converting from PCM format,
was made in the renowned mediaHYPERIUM
Studio in California, produced using the highest level
of recording technology available today.