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Lovely Lisa has been a consistent source of delight to our ears and eyes since making a name for herself on the competition circuit as a teenager. Now in her mid-20s, she recently released her debut recording on Sony BMG - a pairing of violin concertos by great Finnish composers Jean Sibelius and Magnus Lindberg.

On this disc Batiashvili is accompanied by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sakari Oramo. While the Sibelius concerto was recorded live during one of her concerts in May 2007, Magnus Lindberg's concerto, written for her, was recorded in the presence of the composer at the Helsinki House of Culture. She first performed it in 2006 at New York's Mostly Mozart Festival.

Batiashvili's first competition success came in 1995, when she was awarded second prize at the Sibelius Competition in Helsinki. She went on to be chosen as a BBC New Generation Artist and has since performed all over the globe with orchestras including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

She currently lives in Munich, and her schedule is dominated by performances across Germany - although she also performed in the UK a couple of times during 2007.

Sibelius/Lindberg Violin Concertos
Sony BMG, 2007

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