NATCHITOCHES – Sofiko Tchetchelashvili will present a recital on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall at Northwestern State University. Admission is free and open to the public. A livestream will be available at capa.nsula.edu/livestream.
Tchetchelashvili, an adjunct faculty member who teaches viola at Northwestern State, will present a solo viola recital of German music.
She will play “Suites for solo viola, op.131” by Max Reger and Paul Hindemith’s solo “Viola Sonata, op.25 no.1.”
Tchetchelashvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, where she began her violin carrier in the studio of professor Alla Laperashvili. She continued her studies in Tbilisi State Conservatory in the studio of professor Ernst Arakelov, and soon after completed her graduate studies in the studio of professor Rodam Jandieri.
In 2014, Tchetchelashvili accepted a graduate assistantship at Baylor University, where she served as a teaching assistant and the concertmaster of the Baylor Symphony Orchestra, before completing another graduate degree in violin performance in the studio of Dr. Eka Gogichashvili.
Tchetchelashvili was a winner of four National Violin Competitions in Georgia and became the recipient of two consecutive President’s Awards for Excellence in Music.
She has taught violin and viola at Northwestern State since 2016. In addition to her teaching duties, she remains an active concert violinist and violist. She recently appeared as a soloist with several symphony and chamber orchestras throughout the United States.
