Thu, May 21, 2026
City Lights with Lisa Batiashvili
Concert title
City Lights with Lisa Batiashvili
Date
Thu 21.05.2026
Start of the concert
19:30
program
Lisa Batiashvili and Nikoloz Rachveli take the audience on a sonic journey through eleven cities that are particularly dear to Batiashvili's heart. From Chaplin to Legrand to Piazzolla – classical music meets jazz, tango, and film scores. The performance is accompanied by an impressive screen projection that brings the cities' stories to life cinematically.
The following works represent selected locations:
"City Memories" – A suite based on Charlie Chaplin's film scores, symbolizing cities such as London and Los Angeles.
"Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" – Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 639), for Munich.
"Paris Violon" – Michel Legrand, for Paris.
"Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin" – Ralph Maria Siegel, arranged by Nikoloz Rachveli, for Berlin.
"Evening Song" – Oskar Merikanto, for Helsinki.
"Furioso Galopp, Op. 114 – Johann Strauss II, adapted by Nikoloz Rachveli, for Vienna.
“Love Theme from ‘Cinema Paradiso’” – Ennio Morricone, arranged by Nikoloz Rachveli, for Rome.
“Adiós Nonino / Vuelvo al Sur / Buenos Aires Hora Cero” – Astor Piazzolla, arranged by Nikoloz Rachveli, for Buenos Aires.
“Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, ‘From the New World’: II. Largo” – Antonín Dvořák, adapted by Tamas Batiashvili, for New York.
“No Better Magic” – Katie Melua, for London.
“The Lark” – Romanian folk song, for Bucharest.
Teo Jorbenadze, screenwriter/director
of "City Lights" based on Charlie Chaplin, featuring violinist Lisa Batiashvili.
The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra is seeking new concert formats to attract audiences beyond its core classical music audience. Artists who curate personal programs can play a key role in this endeavor. Following multimedia projects with pianists Alice Sara Ott and Hélène Grimaud, and pop symphonic works with Herbert Grönemeyer, the orchestra continues this series with the Georgian-born German violinist Lisa Batiashvili. The starting point for her album and concert project "City Lights" was Charlie Chaplin, who, for Batiashvili, as an actor, filmmaker, and composer, embodies "the beauty and creative imagination of the 20th century." Inspired by Chaplin's music and films, she compiled works that musically represent key cities in her life. Thus, "City Lights" unites a wide variety of genres on a journey between Tbilisi, Berlin, Paris, and Buenos Aires. The program ranges from classical music by J.S. Bach or Giya Kancheli to film scores by Charlie Chaplin, and on to jazz, pop, and tango by Astor Piazzolla. The music from "Cinema Paradiso" and an arrangement – featuring violin – of Dvořák's "New World Symphony" demonstrate how personal and yet broad Bathiashvili's "love for the music, the culture, and the people of these places" truly is.
The following works represent selected locations:
"City Memories" – A suite based on Charlie Chaplin's film scores, symbolizing cities such as London and Los Angeles.
"Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" – Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 639), for Munich.
"Paris Violon" – Michel Legrand, for Paris.
"Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin" – Ralph Maria Siegel, arranged by Nikoloz Rachveli, for Berlin.
"Evening Song" – Oskar Merikanto, for Helsinki.
"Furioso Galopp, Op. 114 – Johann Strauss II, adapted by Nikoloz Rachveli, for Vienna.
“Love Theme from ‘Cinema Paradiso’” – Ennio Morricone, arranged by Nikoloz Rachveli, for Rome.
“Adiós Nonino / Vuelvo al Sur / Buenos Aires Hora Cero” – Astor Piazzolla, arranged by Nikoloz Rachveli, for Buenos Aires.
“Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, ‘From the New World’: II. Largo” – Antonín Dvořák, adapted by Tamas Batiashvili, for New York.
“No Better Magic” – Katie Melua, for London.
“The Lark” – Romanian folk song, for Bucharest.
Teo Jorbenadze, screenwriter/director
of "City Lights" based on Charlie Chaplin, featuring violinist Lisa Batiashvili.
The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra is seeking new concert formats to attract audiences beyond its core classical music audience. Artists who curate personal programs can play a key role in this endeavor. Following multimedia projects with pianists Alice Sara Ott and Hélène Grimaud, and pop symphonic works with Herbert Grönemeyer, the orchestra continues this series with the Georgian-born German violinist Lisa Batiashvili. The starting point for her album and concert project "City Lights" was Charlie Chaplin, who, for Batiashvili, as an actor, filmmaker, and composer, embodies "the beauty and creative imagination of the 20th century." Inspired by Chaplin's music and films, she compiled works that musically represent key cities in her life. Thus, "City Lights" unites a wide variety of genres on a journey between Tbilisi, Berlin, Paris, and Buenos Aires. The program ranges from classical music by J.S. Bach or Giya Kancheli to film scores by Charlie Chaplin, and on to jazz, pop, and tango by Astor Piazzolla. The music from "Cinema Paradiso" and an arrangement – featuring violin – of Dvořák's "New World Symphony" demonstrate how personal and yet broad Bathiashvili's "love for the music, the culture, and the people of these places" truly is.
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