New Arts International

- Sixth recording by Nino Gvetadze on Challenge Classics
- It is unlike the previous one, as it is a hommage to her motherland: Georgia.
- Very gentle and delicate short piano pieces by the greatest figures of late 20th Century Georgian music: Giya Kancheli and Nodar Gabunia, who were also friends.
- Melodies are warm, wit, poetic and melancholic.

Nino Gvetadze: Some music stays with you for a lifetime — not just in your memory, but in your hands, your ears, your way of feeling the world. For me, that music began in Tbilisi, Georgia, where I was born and raised, and where these sounds first took root. The journey of this album begins with the music of Nodar Gabunia — a composer, mentor, and teacher who shaped my early musical voice. His musical language is deeply personal, yet unmistakably his — full of clarity, warmth, wisdom, wit, and beauty. The second half of the album gently shifts into the sound world of Giya Kancheli — a close friend of Gabunia’s. While internationally renowned for his symphonic works, at home Kancheli’s music for theatre and film is woven into the fabric of daily life. His melodies drift through the air — subtle, poetic, melancholic, and full of unspoken emotion. Recording this album felt less like performing and more like remembering. The music flowed naturally, as if something long held inside was finally f inding its voice. It felt like writing a diary in sound — one filled with affection, gratitude and quiet moments of awe.

2. On the Way to School