Russudan Meipariani Ensemble
A Georgian-German Trio has been diverse and internationally active since 1999.
The ensemble brings worlds together and creates a unique soundspace at the interface of Classical chamber music, Georgian Polyphony, post minimalism and improvisation.
Their new album Beyond the Borders was recorded on SWR Studio Stuttgart and released on October 25th 2024 as a vinyl record on the jazz label HGBSBlue. The ensemble has already been successful in previous years: their album Orphea’s Journey, released in 2020, was nominated for the German Record Critic’s Prize. In 2009 the ensemble won the South/West Creola Competition for transcultural Music. In the following yearsm the trio played various concerts and realized numerous interdisciplinary projects. Coming from Georgia, the three musicians founded a classical piano trio Daphioni after migrating,with which they won international chamber music compositions and played concerts in Europe, Switzerland, Japan and Georgia. While Russudan studied composition with Wolfgang Rihm, she founded an ensemble unter her name as a laboratory for composed, improvised and experimental music, with Natalie and Giga as the core cast.
The trio performed with great success in front of classical audiences as well as at jazz festivals. Radio features by Julia Neupert at SWR2; Antje Hollunder at WDR dealt with the unusual sound language of the ensemble, which nevertheless knows how to inspire every audience immensely.
Beyond the Borders (Vinyl 2024)
Lyrics: Rati Amaglobeli
“The Release of our ensemble's new record Beyond the Borders felt in a very special and difficult time for Georgia: the future and further direction of our homeland is became very uncertain after elections Oktober 2024.
Beyond the Borders was created a few years ago reflecting the perspective of young person growing up in a country separated by borders from another unknown and maybe better world. This person associates the word “foreign” directly with Western world, which creates longing and curiosity in her.
In this music, however, not only her departure into this unknown world plays an important role, but also the deep connection with the world she was born in and raised up..
The border has been opened. Saying goodbye was difficult. The worlds have mixed and connected. Now, the future is uncertain again”.
Russudan Meipariani 2024
The Premiere of the interdisciplinary version of Beyond the Borders took place in Germany 2018 together with „Giorgi Aleksidze Tbilisi contemporary Ballet“ from Tbilisi, Georgia. Choreography: Mariam Aleksidze.
Orphea’s Journey
Once upon a time ... in 2008, after having listened extensively to Claudio Monteverdi's opera "Orpheo", I had the idea to write a chamber opera ... This fairy tale, inspired by the heroic journey of C.G. Jung, evolved from this, set in the Renaissance atmosphere inspired by Monteverdi: it tells of the journey of a heroine in search of her identity. At the crossroads of the story is her enchantment, according to which she must lead a double life – as a pig by day, and at night in her actual girlish form. Until she can burn the pigskin and set off into the open with like-minded soul mates, her path is full of challenges and encounters: her journey from the world of shadows leads through fear, distress and isolation to the golden field of salvation, where love, light and community welcome her and set her free.
Since its creation, the musical fairy tale has been performed by our ensemble very often in different versions under the name "The Girl on the Wind Wave". After 12 years we are happy to release it as a recording under the name "Orphea’s Journey".
Ensemble: Russudan Meipariani, Natalie Meipariani, Giga Khelaia, David Stuetzel
A Georgian-German Trio has been diverse and internationally active since 1999.
The ensemble brings worlds together and creates a unique soundspace at the interface of Classical chamber music, Georgian Polyphony, post minimalism and improvisation.
Their new album Beyond the Borders was recorded on SWR Studio Stuttgart and released on October 25th 2024 as a vinyl record on the jazz label HGBSBlue. The ensemble has already been successful in previous years: their album Orphea’s Journey, released in 2020, was nominated for the German Record Critic’s Prize. In 2009 the ensemble won the South/West Creola Competition for transcultural Music. In the following yearsm the trio played various concerts and realized numerous interdisciplinary projects. Coming from Georgia, the three musicians founded a classical piano trio Daphioni after migrating,with which they won international chamber music compositions and played concerts in Europe, Switzerland, Japan and Georgia. While Russudan studied composition with Wolfgang Rihm, she founded an ensemble unter her name as a laboratory for composed, improvised and experimental music, with Natalie and Giga as the core cast.
The trio performed with great success in front of classical audiences as well as at jazz festivals. Radio features by Julia Neupert at SWR2; Antje Hollunder at WDR dealt with the unusual sound language of the ensemble, which nevertheless knows how to inspire every audience immensely.
Beyond the Borders (Vinyl 2024)
Lyrics: Rati Amaglobeli
“The Release of our ensemble's new record Beyond the Borders felt in a very special and difficult time for Georgia: the future and further direction of our homeland is became very uncertain after elections Oktober 2024.
Beyond the Borders was created a few years ago reflecting the perspective of young person growing up in a country separated by borders from another unknown and maybe better world. This person associates the word “foreign” directly with Western world, which creates longing and curiosity in her.
In this music, however, not only her departure into this unknown world plays an important role, but also the deep connection with the world she was born in and raised up..
The border has been opened. Saying goodbye was difficult. The worlds have mixed and connected. Now, the future is uncertain again”.
Russudan Meipariani 2024
The Premiere of the interdisciplinary version of Beyond the Borders took place in Germany 2018 together with „Giorgi Aleksidze Tbilisi contemporary Ballet“ from Tbilisi, Georgia. Choreography: Mariam Aleksidze.
Orphea’s Journey
Once upon a time ... in 2008, after having listened extensively to Claudio Monteverdi's opera "Orpheo", I had the idea to write a chamber opera ... This fairy tale, inspired by the heroic journey of C.G. Jung, evolved from this, set in the Renaissance atmosphere inspired by Monteverdi: it tells of the journey of a heroine in search of her identity. At the crossroads of the story is her enchantment, according to which she must lead a double life – as a pig by day, and at night in her actual girlish form. Until she can burn the pigskin and set off into the open with like-minded soul mates, her path is full of challenges and encounters: her journey from the world of shadows leads through fear, distress and isolation to the golden field of salvation, where love, light and community welcome her and set her free.
Since its creation, the musical fairy tale has been performed by our ensemble very often in different versions under the name "The Girl on the Wind Wave". After 12 years we are happy to release it as a recording under the name "Orphea’s Journey".
Ensemble: Russudan Meipariani, Natalie Meipariani, Giga Khelaia, David Stuetzel
Russudan Meipariani Ensemble
Ensemble: Russudan Meipariani, Natalie Meipariani, Giga Khelaia
Ensemble: Russudan Meipariani, Natalie Meipariani, Giga Khelaia