Irma Gigani was born in Tbilisi in 1996. She was 5 years old when she attended the Central Music School Z. Paliashvili N1 in Tbilisi. In 2002 she became a laureate and winner of the main prize at the Minerbio International Competition in Italy. In the same year she took part in the "Gifted Children" marathon at the Liana Isakadze International Art Festival. In 2003, he was awarded a special prize by the US Embassy in Georgia at the 3rd Republican Competition for Musicians-Performers (9, who was not in the competition due to his age). Since 2003 she has been a participant in the festivals of the V. Spivakov Fund and a scholarship holder of the V. Spivakov Fund and the UNESCO International Fund.
Concerts with: Ankara Simphony Orchastra in Ankara (Turkey), organised by the V. Spivakov Fund, recital at the Nice Opera House (France, organised by UNESCO. Since 2009 Irma has been studying at the V. Sarajishivli Music Seminar in Tbilisi with Professor Tengiz Amirejibi. In the same year she was awarded the medal "Cultural Ambassador for Exchange and Development". In the same year her CD with Israel Camerata (conductor Avner Biron) was released. In 2010 Irma became a laureate and winner of the 1st prize of the F. Chopin Competition in Georgia Gigani leads an active concert life: (Switzerland, Israel, Italy, Germany, Russia, Holland, Turkey, Denmark). Since 2013 Irma has been studying at the Tbilisi State Conservatory with Professor Manana Doijashvili.

In 2016, Irma took part in the "Beethoven Superstar" music festival at the Tel Aviv Museum of Arts. Over the course of her career, she has given concerts in numerous concert halls and performed with symphony orchestras alongside famous conductors: Concerts in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory with the Bolshoi Theatre Chamber Orchestra, in the S. Rachmaninov Hall, in the Tchaikovsky Hall with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra - conductor Burak Tuzun (Turkey), with the National Symphony Orchestra of E. Mikeladze Tbilisi - conductor Ariel Zuckerman, with Israel Camerata - conductor and music director Avner Biron and so on. At the invitation of Shigeru KAWAI Brand she gave recital concerts in Germany.
In 2019, Irma gave a recital at the Naarden International Music Festival (Holland) alongside Alexander Melnikov, Hannes Minnar and Alfred Brendel. Irma has been studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts (Vienna) with Professor Stefan Arnold since 2019.

Irma Gigani is a prizewinner of the Aarhus International Competition (Denmark). She is a second prize winner of the International Piano Competition Les etoiles du Piano, "Star of the Piano" Lille de France. In 2021 Irma won 1st prize and two special prizes at the Bechstein-Bruckner Competition (Austria, Linz).

Last year Irma was invited and gave concerts at the Mozarthaus Vienna, at the "Hardelot Theatre" in France, at the Festival de Laon with the Picardie Orchestra (France), with the Philharmonic Orchestra Brasov (Romania) and at the Festival Piano Folies (France, le Touquet). ), at the Tbilisi Piano Festival (Georgia), at the Rathaus, (2023) Musikverein Gläserner Sall (Vienna) and so on.

In 2023, she was offered an assistant position in Prof Stefan Arnold's masterclass at "Haus Villa Marteau" in Lichtenberg/Germany.

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