Manana Doijashvili

Manana Doijashvili (Georgian: მანანა დოიჯაშვილი) is a Georgian pianist.

She was trained at the Tbilisi State Conservatory under Tengiz Amiredjibi. She was prized at the 1970 Enescu (Bucharest) and 1974 Smetana (Plzeň) competitions, and ranked 6th at the inaugural edition of the Sydney Competition.

Doidjashvili is the rector of the Tbilisi State Conservatory, and the founder of the Tbilisi International Piano Competition. She has been named a People's Artist of Georgia and an officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In addition, she has been awarded the Zakharia Paliashvili prize (2003) and the Russian Performing Art Fund prize (2004).

References

• [1] Tbilisi State Conservatory
• [2] Rhodes Competition
• [3] Khachaturian Competition
• [4] UNISA Competition
• [5] World Federation of International Music Competitions
• [6] Alink-Argerich Foundation
• [7] Armenian General Benevolent Union
• [8] Gramophone
• [9] Rotary International