Edisher Savitski is the first prize winner of
The Third Piano-E-Competition in 2006 and the
Hilton Head International Piano Competition
in 2001, and took top prizes at the First International
Piano-E-Competition in Minneapolis and the William
S. Byrd International Piano Competition in Michigan.
He has performed in Carnegie Weill hall, New
York; Wigmore hall, London; Mariinsky Theater,
St. Petersburg, Russia; as well as in other
venues in USA, Germany, Spain, Italy, Russia,
United Kingdom, Israel, Austria, Japan and New
Zealand. Edisher Savitski has appeared in major
music festivals such as Salzburg Festival, Austria;
Gilmore Keyboard Festival; Ravinia Festival;
Ruhr Festival, Germany; Ravenna Festival, Italy;
Stresa Festival, Italy, Maggio Musicale Festival
in Florence. He has been part of the Toradze
Studio in most of the marathon projects and
performed in numerous occasions in New York,
Rome, Florence, Chicago, Palermo, Bologna, London,
Bochum and New Jersey.
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia Edisher Savitski studied
in central music school with Maya Beridze and
later in the Tbilisi Conservatory with professor
Nana Khubutia. During this time he became a
prizewinner of the international charity program
“New Names”, Russia, and won competition
for collaborative pianists arranged at the Tbilisi
State Conservatory. He also received a special
grant from the president of Georgia.
In 1998 Mr. Savitski joined the world renown
Toradze Piano Studio at Indiana University South
Bend. His collaboration with Alexander Toradze
led to successes in the International Piano
Competition field as well as in appearances
in major concert venues in the world. Mr. Savitski
has also been awarded with a ”Performers
Certificate” from the Indiana University
South Bend.
In 1999 Mr. Savitski was accepted in The Music
Academy Of The West in Santa Barbara, California,
and in 2001 he was one of six pianists who got
invited in the prestigious Steans Institute
at the Ravinia Festival.
Mr. Savitski’s performances have been
broadcasted on live TV and radio in Georgia,
Russia, China, Italy and USA, including NPR’s
“Performance Today”. Edisher Savitski
is scheduled to perform in Italy, Portugal,
Switzerland and France as well as in the United
States including Alice Tully Hall in New York,
Minnesota Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, Dame
Myra Hess series in Chicago.
Mr. Savitski is a recipient of Catherine Herrick
Cobb endowed fellowship in music at the Michigan
State University, where he is completing Doctoral
program under the guidance of Professor George
Vatchnadze.