Nicolas Namoradze: Artist in Residence at Verbier Festival 2025
Pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze returns to the Verbier Festival this summer as Artist in Residence, leading a wide-ranging programme of masterclasses, mindfulness sessions and a recital. A highlight of the residency is the World Premiere of Namoradze’s ground-breaking Neurorecital, taking place on Wednesday, 23 July, as part of the Festival’s innovative ideaLAB series.
Developed in collaboration with cutting-edge research teams at Neuroscape (University of California, San Francisco) and the Brain Dynamics Lab (University of Calgary), The Neurorecital pairs live piano performance with synchronised visualisations of the pianist’s brain activity.
These vivid projections, created using the advanced Glass Brain neural visualization tool, provide audiences with a look inside the mind of a performer at work. Each piece on the programme, which includes selections from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Debussy’s Préludes, and Scriabin’s Piano Sonatas, is introduced with commentary from Namoradze to help explain what the audience will see. Following the Neurorecital, journalist Charlotte Gardner will lead an insightful Q&A session with Nicolas and neurologist Prof Dr. René Müri, further exploring the fascinating intersection of neuroscience and live performance.
For more details, visit the Verbier Festival Website