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Sound with a future
The Georgian pianist Irma Gigani, born in Tbilisi in 1996, is one of the most remarkable pianists of her generation.
…she now presents her debut album, Time and Gravity, devoted to Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 4 and 8.
Translated from German. Article on the club klassik – Vienna Music Society, pp. 49 f.
Romeo and Juliet, Eggenberger Allee 90
She played the highly virtuosic piano arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s fantasy overture “Romeo and Juliet” with tremendous overview, stamina and brilliance.
So eloquent, so fluent and coherent, so supple – yet without any softening – this at times angular music is rarely heard.
Translated from German. Arsonore, Planetensaal of Schloss Eggenberg, Graz, 4 September 2026.
Probity and complex human portraits
…one of those great musical events that one always wishes for and only very rarely experiences over the decades. Under Irma Gigani’s fingers music became a journey of scarcely surpassable intensity through the riches of the human soul.
In Prokofiev’s Eighth Sonata, Irma Gigani – once again in her unmistakable way – set a new standard.
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Debut at the Konzerthaus Berlin
At the Konzerthaus, Gigani also revealed herself as a master of counterpoint who, through articulation and the finest dynamic nuances, achieves an incredible clarity of voice-leading and gives each voice, as it were, its own face and meaning.
Congratulations on this wonderful debut at the Konzerthaus Berlin!
Translated from German. Opening concert of the C. Bechstein Klavierabende season (Bach, Rameau, Scarlatti, Handel).
Irma’s talent
Irma Gigani’s recital was marked throughout by the intensity and refinement of a many-sided interpretation.
Rarely does one witness such enthusiastic emotional involvement as the audience showed the Georgian artist that evening.
Translated from Italian. Omaggio all’arte pianistica di Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Rabbi, 4 August 2025. PDF: Italian original with German translation. · Read the full review
A Sonata to Remember: Irma Gigani Brings Fire and Grace to the Tengiz Amirejibi Festival
Irma Gigani, known for her dynamic interpretative style and technical mastery, excelled in presenting a program that challenged the listener’s emotional and intellectual capacities.
It was in the final Adagio ma non troppo – Fuga where Gigani’s interpretative powers truly shone.
Opening concert of the XII Tengiz Amirejibi International Music Festival, Tbilisi, 19 October 2024.
Winner’s concert of a sound magician at the piano
With the 25-year-old Georgian pianist Irma Gigani, the jury of the inaugural Bechstein-Bruckner Competition has selected an outstanding artist. … She captivated the audience with her stupendous technique, but even more so with her carefully considered tonal balance and her ability to conjure up beautiful melodies.
Translated from German. Prizewinner’s recital, Brucknerhaus Linz.
Surrounded by prizes
…a recital that became a sensation.
Her breathtaking technique, her feeling for a curiously restrained virtuosity, her wide-arching phrasing and her expressive penetration of each work’s character are by no means ordinary gifts in a pianist of such striking modesty.
Translated from German. Recital at the Brucknerhaus Linz.
Piano recital by Irma Gigani: the magic of total musical enchantment
There is an extraordinary wealth of emotion, passion, energy, fire and character in her playing, but also sensitivity, subtlety, restraint and humility…
She fills the entire space. We are no longer in the present moment; we are transported elsewhere. She becomes the work she is performing: it is magic!
Translated from French. Recital at Saint-Pierre church in Wimille, 16 August 2020 (Liszt, Prokofiev, Chopin).
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Born in Tbilisi and based in Vienna, Irma Gigani first appeared on stage at the age of five, playing Bach’s F minor Concerto. She studied with Prof. Stefan Arnold at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and has performed at the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Salle Cortot in Paris and the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. In 2021 she won First Prize and two special prizes at the Bechstein-Bruckner Competition in Linz. Her debut album, with Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 4 and 8, is released in autumn 2026.