Georgian Pianist Giorgi Latsabidze was born 15 April 1978 in Tbilisi, Georgia. He began piano studies at the age of three and began composing pieces on the piano at age five.

He won the Georgian Presidential scholarship throughout his early education, receiving his masters and artists degree with highest honors. Further graduate degrees were completed at the "Hannover Hochschule fur Musik" in Germany and the "Mozarteum" in Salzburg, Austria.

Latsabidze has studied with numerous great teachers including Professor Russudan Chodzava (The V. Saradjishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Georgia), Professor Gerrit Zitterbart (Hochschule fur Music, Hannover, Germany), Professor Klaus Kaufmann (Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria), and Professor Lazar Berman (Florence, Italy).

In October 2006 Giorgi gave solo concerts in Austria's Lienz, Salzburg, Graz and in Vienna (Beethoven Concert Hall). During the triumphant ovation at the Graz performance, the President of Steiermark / Austria has invited Mr. Latsabidze to perform a private salon concert in the Presidential Residence (Schloss Eggenberg) in May 2007.

Giorgi has concertized throughout Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, South America and the United States and is recognized as one of the most significant performers of his generation.

Mr. Latsabidze is currently continuing his postgraduate work as a doctoral candidate at the University of Southern California with pianist, author and editor, Dr. Stewart Gordon. He has also been awarded the Graduate Teaching Assistantship at Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Awards
- Keyboard Studies Department Award presented by Flora L. Thornton School of Music, USC (May 10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA)
- International Competition "Young Artist" (2006, Los Angeles, USA)
- International "Yehudi Menuhin" Foundatin Competition (2005, Salzburg, Austria)
- International "N. Rubinstein" Piano Competition Gold Medal (1999, Paris, France)
- International "Ennio Porrino" Piano Competition Third Prize (1998, Cagliari, Italy)
- University of Southern California Merrit Scholarship (2005, Los Angeles, USA)
- Honorar Professor DDr. Herbert Batliner award for Outstanding Achievements (2005, Liechtenstein)
- DAAD, German Academic Exchange (2003, 2004, Germany)
- German Countess Dr. Marion Donhoff award (2002, Germany)
- Vladimir Spivakov award (2001, Russia)
- Georgian Presidential Prize (2002, 2001, 1999, Georgia)

International Festivals
- MOZARTEUM International Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria
- MERANOFEST International Music Festival & Academy for Superior Piano, Merano, Italy
- DRESDEN International Music festival, Dresden, Germany

International Piano Masterclasses with
Prof. Joaquin Soriano (Madrid, Spain), Prof. Jaime Ingram (Lissabon, Portugal), Prof. Karl-Heinz Kammerling (Hannover, Germany), Prof. Hans Leigraf (New York, USA), Prof. Vladimir Krainev (Hannover, Germany), Prof. Alexey Lubimov (Salzburg, Austria), Prof. George Sava (Berlin, Germany), Prof. Lev Natocheny (Mannheim, Germany), Prof. Janette de Boer (Salzburg, Austria), Prof. Sergey Dorensky (Moscow, Russia), Andre Watts (USA)