Profile Musical Education Cologne Conservatory, Michigan State University, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Principal Teachers Kurt Sassmannhaus, Dmitri Berlinsky Appointments Assistant Concertmaster- Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra; Violin teacher- Z. Paliashvili Central Music School Awards DAAD Scholarship; President Shevardnadze Stipend; Vladimir Spivakov Stipend; First Prize- Republic of Georgia National Violin Competition; Grand Prize- Tunbridge-Wells International Violin Competition (1998); First Prize- Dvarionas International Competition (1997);  Laureate- Piccolo Mozart Festival (1996)