Our Interview with Eliso Bolkvadze was planned as early as summertime, but in the pianist’s life, there are so many things,

which happen at such a pace that I am sure by the time this magazine will have been published, whatever we write here will already be a bit dated. Anyway, take for example her photo with Angelina Jolie taken at the UN event in Geneva, when I decided to publish it, I was told that it was already old. If not, it would have been perfect for a glossy journal. However, the peace artist has “committed” so many things since then that even such interesting facts fade soon.

These are the newest events for the current moment: at the beginning of September, Batumi Music Fest run by Eliso Bolkvadze’s charity fund “Lira” was truly successful. The capital of Adjara was visited by world famous stars invited by the Georgian pianist, UNESCO artist.

After Batumi, Eliso who arrived to Tbilisi was awarded an Order of Honor by the President of Georgia.

Soon enough Eliso flew to Paris, where she was invited by Prince Albert to be an honorary member of the jury at Monte Carlo Piano Master International Competition. Bratislava is her next plan and a solo concert dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

Then Baku, Yerevan, Japan, Astana, Cyprus, Berlin, America, Copenhagen. It will be Eliso’s third concert in Ukrainian capital. It is weird that she does not even lose count of her concerts, after all, her musical talent was discovered at the age of three. When a Georgian writer Guram Panjikidze, who was a friend of Eliso’s family, listened to a 7-year-old girl, he wrote a letter and asked her parents to open It in the girl’s adulthood. The letter said: “This child will be the talk of the town”. And in fact since then Eliso’s performances are constantly accompanied with ovations and applause.

The celebrity pianist is now helping young talents herself. Her charitable foundation “Lira” has been discovering Georgian pianists and showing significant support to them since 2012.

So, since we somehow fit in this schedule and also took her time on photo session, we felt a bit awkward and decided to do only a funny blitz interview this time.

When musical talent was discovered in me...

I was 2 years old

Not even one day of my conscious life has passed...

Without music

When you here ovation since childhood...

You have more responsibility

First success...

When I was 7 years old, in the Philarmonic Hall, where I performed Bach’s concert

If not a musician, perhaps I would become a good...

Journalist

If I have ever regretted being a pianist, it was only when...

I have never regretted this, since it is my inner call

A proper soundtrack to my life would be...

The beginning of Mozart’s twentieth symphony

The process of practising...

Has always been difficult for me due to various reasons

I enjoy playing most when...

A dear person for me is listening

My formula for success is...

Unsparing work and working on myself

Before going on stage...

I enter the world of music

For me competitions...

Were necessary in my childhood

I have a strange habit of...

Easily forgetting bad emotions and people who cause these emotions in me

The strangest or unforgettable compliment that has ever been told to me was...

When Maestro Michel Sogny told me that I’m his “Gioconda”

I would agree to take part in a movie, if...

A film was shot about the life of a pianist or composer

One of the most interesting people who I have encountered in my life is...

Maestro Michel Sogny

In myself I like...

Determination and love of life

I regret that...

I do not have enough time to learn the whole piano repertoire

I would give every thing away in order to at least once...

Make a charity concert in Abkhazia

For a day I would gladly trade places with...

The Queen of England

If I could change something in my character, that would be...

Everything

At any time I would travel without thinking...

As Baudelaire used to say, where there is order, beauty, glamor, calmness and sensitivity...

I can act like a child...

Always, because a true artist is always like a child, delighted with all he has

Love...

Is a miracle!

If I decide to tie the knot with someone, it should be...

The one who will always amaze me.

I’m afraid...

To upset my listeners who always expect something perfect from me

What kind of dreams do you see?

When the world resembles music and harmony reigns

In my bag there is constantly...

French perfume and an iPhone

For my comfort It is necessary to have...

Space and an instrument

I am jealous of...

It’s been a long time since this feeling became unfamiliar to me

I would spend one pleasant evening...

With Franz Liszt

The greatest madness I’ve ever done in my life was...

Founding of Batumi Festival

The strangest role I have ever been in was...

When I had to share a stage with Angelina Jolie. I thought I was being filmed in a Hollywood movie

When I stay alone with myself...

I ask many questions to myself

The last time I laughed a lot was...

When I watched Charlie Chaplin’s film

When I see myself in the mirror recently...

So far, what I see – calms me...

Many people think that...

When I play, it comes really easily and naturally to me

Nobody knows that in fact I...

Work hard and everything results from this

After 20 years I can imagine myself...

In a more peaceful and harmonious society

If I could live my life from the beginning...

I would not change anything