Free Piano Recital: Salome Jordania

Multi-award-winning Georgian concert pianist Salome Jordania invites the audience to Mussorgsky's immersive Pictures at an Exhibition
About this Event

Experience world-class classical music concerts in a historic venue at the heart of Oxford

To finish our season, multi-award-winning Georgian concert pianist Salome Jordania invites the audience to the immersive journey through Mussorgsky’s monumental Pictures at an Exhibition, where sound, image, and imagination collide.

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

Promenade

Gnomus

Promenade

Il vechio castello Promenade

Tuileries (Disputes d'enfants après jeux)

Bydło

Promenade

Ballet of the unhatched chicks

"Samuel" Goldenberg und "Schmuÿle Promenade

Limoges. Le marché (La grande nouvelle) Catacombae (sepulchrum romanum) Cum mortuis in lingua mortua

The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba Yaga)

The Great Gate of Kiev

About the artist

Georgian pianist Salome Jordania has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. She has appeared at major festivals including Piano aux Jacobins, Les Grands Interprètes, Palazzetto Bru Zane, Yamaha Rising Stars, IKIF Rising Stars, the Grachtenfestival, and L'Esprit du Piano, among others. In 2025, she was named a winner of Forbes 30 Under 30 Georgia, and made her debut recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw, and Cadogan Hall.

As a concerto soloist, she has collaborated with orchestras such as the Georgian Philharmonic, Orquesta de Valencia, SLO Symphony, Potsdam Philharmonic, the Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi, the Kharkiv Philharmonic Orchestra, and Moscow Virtuosi. In 2023, she made her debut at the Berlin Philharmonie as winner of the New York Concert Artists Competition.

A committed advocate for contemporary music, Salome’s first CD was released by NAXOS, featuring music by Martin Matalon. She has worked closely with leading composers including John Corigliano, Jennifer Higdon, and Gabriela Lena Frank, and has received more than thirty international prizes, including the Georges Cziffra Award, and top prizes at the Étoiles du Piano and the José Iturbi International Piano Competition.

Salome studied at The Juilliard School, the Yale School of Music, and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. She has been featured on ARTE and the Dutch television program Podium Klassiek. Her upcoming releases include a chamber duo album and her solo album with La Dolce Volta.