Tamari Gurevich (piano) Born in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, TAMARI GUREVICH began her musical education with Rozalie Rozjok and made her orchestral debut with the Georgian State Symphony at age 11. In 1992, after graduating from Tbilisi State Conservatory, where she studied with Professor Tengiz Amiradjibi, Miss Gurevich arrived to the United States to join Professor Alexander Toradze’s piano studio at Indiana University at South Bend. She completed her Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance with Highest Honors in May 1994. In January 1997 Miss Gurevich received her Post-Master’s Degree from the University of Notre Dame, where she studied with Professor William Cerny. Currently Tamari is pursuing her DMA in Piano performance at Eastman School of Music under Ms. Nelita True.
In June of 1994 she won a Second Prize in the Beethoven International Piano Competition in Memphis, Tennessee. In October 1997 Miss Gurevich won the Grand Prize and a Special Prize for Best Performance of Debussy at The 14th International Piano Competition in Porto, Portugal. Miss Gurevich maintains an active performance schedule. She has successfully appeared in solo recitals and with orchestras throughout the former USSR, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy and the United States.
During 2006-2007 Miss Gurevich held an appointment as an Affiliate Artist in the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University. In 2005-2006 she taught as a Piano Instructor at Houghton College. From 2002 to 2006 Miss Gurevich was a Teaching Assistant providing Primary and Secondary lessons to the students of the University of Rochester and the Eastman School of Music; in 2004-2005 she was also an Assistant to Dr. True. During the years 1996-2002 Miss Gurevich held a teaching position at the Music Department at the University of Notre Dame. Currently the Eastman Community School of Music and the Hochstein School of Music and Dance employ Miss Gurevich to work with the students of different ages.
In the fall of 2004 the Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts named Miss Gurevich a Liberace Scholar.
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