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Happy Birthday, VC Artist Veriko Tchumburidze!

April 20, 2021

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She is gaining international attention as a young artist of great promise, celebrated for her freshness, liveliness, and spontaneity

Today is VC Artist Veriko Tchumburidze's 28th birthday!

Hailing from a musical family, Veriko's father, David Tchumburidze, is an oboist, and her mother, Lili Tchumburidze, is a violinist. Both have been faculty members at Mersin University State Conservatory (in Turkey) since 1995.

Veriko began studying the violin at the age of three and a half under the guidance of her mother, Lili. Initially, studying at Mersin University State Conservatory with Selahattin Yunkuş and her mother, in 2010, she continued her studies with Dora Schwarzberg at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in Vienna. Her study there was supported by the Young Musicians on World Stages (YMWS) project, led by the Pekinel sisters. During 2015 to 2022 Veriko was mentored by Ana Chumachenco at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.

Since winning the 2016 International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition at the age of 20, Veriko has built a reputation as a captivating soloist, chamber musician and recording artist.

This 2023/24 season, Veriko's engagements include her debut with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lionel Bringuier, her debut with the Orchestra of Padua and Veneto under the baton of Wolfram Christ, and her inaugural collaboration with the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, led by Julia Jones. Additionally, she will tour Italy with the Orchestra Pomeriggi i Musicale, directed by Riccardo Bisatti.

The season will also showcase chamber music and recital performances across Turkey, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy, where Tchumburidze will join forces with her ensemble, the Trio Vecando, and her frequent collaborator, pianist Ketevan Sepashvili.

She currently plays on a 1756 Giambattista Guadagnini violin, on generous loan from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.