Nicolas Namoradze joins JBM for General Management
JBM is delighted to announce the signing of pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze – a visionary pianist and composer known for his innovative artistry. He came to international attention in 2018 upon winning the triennial Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary, Canada. A BBC Music Magazine Rising Star, Gramophone One to Watch and Musical America New Artist, he was bestowed the Pianist of the Year Award by the UK Critics’ Circle in 2022.
Namoradze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia in 1992 and grew up in Budapest, Hungary. After completing his undergraduate in Budapest, Vienna and Florence, he moved to New York for his master’s at The Juilliard School and his doctorate at the CUNY Graduate Center, holding the Graduate Center Fellowship. After serving on the faculty of Queens College, where he taught chamber music, composition and music history, he now teaches piano and chamber music on the faculty of the CUNY Graduate Center and The Juilliard School.
Namoradze is also actively involved in new directions in pedagogy and audience engagement, informed by his background in music-related fields in the cognitive sciences. He is the author of “Ligeti’s Macroharmonies”, a book that develops mathematical models for aspects of musical perception, published by Springer in the Computational Music Science series. He furthered this work through a postgraduate degree in neuropsychology at King’s College London, where his research interests included new perspectives on musical pedagogy and performance. Namoradze presents innovative approaches to music appreciation through “mindful recitals,” a concert format that intersperses musical performances with thought experiments and mindfulness exercises.
His often sold-out recitals around the globe have been met with universal critical praise, and recent album releases have received extraordinary accolades, including the Choc de Classica, Record of the Month in Limelight, Instrumental Disc of the Month in BBC Music Magazine, Editor’s Choice in Gramophone, Editor’s Choice in Presto Classical and Critics’ Choice in International Piano, as well as a first-place debut in the UK charts for classical instrumental albums.
Highlights of recent seasons include recitals at Carnegie Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, festival appearances at Tanglewood, Banff, Verbier, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and others, and performances with orchestras including the London Philharmonic, Dresdner Philharmonie, Budapest Festival Orchestra and Sinfonieorchester Basel.
Nicolas adds: I have long admired JBM’s artistic integrity, creativity and breadth of vision, and I’m thrilled to be signing with this agency for general management. It is a privilege to join their remarkable roster of inspiring artists, and I so look forward to collaborating with the JBM team.