Above all, Gigashvili’s performance at one of the leading contests for young pianists, the Busoni competition in Bolzano, had caused a furor.
Video by Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition – Bolzano, Italy
Gigashvili took part in late summer 2019. Out of a field of one hundred invited contestants, he qualified for the final. Many saw him as the absolute front runner – in the end, he finished third.

Not only his brilliant
technique had delighted
the jurors. They espe-
cially rejoiced in his
musicality, his originality
– and his passion.

Only a few months earlier, his remarkable emotionality and energy even earned him a victory:
Piano legend Martha Argerich, president of the jury, awarded him with the first price of the Ciudade de Vigo international competition in Spain.