Tamriko Siprashvili is a Georgia

Georgia (country)

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n pianist who has settled in California

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, USA.

In 1985 she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory

Moscow Conservatory

The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...

 under Mikhail Voskresensky and won the IX Robert Schumann Competition

Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers

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. An international career ensued. For 15 years she formed a piano duo with her former husband, pianist Mark Anderson, with whom she recorded for Nimbus Records

Nimbus Records

Nimbus Records is a British record company specializing in classical music recordings.Nimbus was founded in 1972 by the late bass singer Numa Labinsky and the brothers Michael and Gerald Reynolds and has traditionally been based at the Wyastone Leys mansion site, near Monmouth and the English/Welsh...

. In 2008 the pair separated and, in early 2009, Tamriko opened a music academy named Inspire Academy of Music and Artshttp://www.inspiremusicacademy.com in Pleasanton, California. Tamriko is a Steinway Artist.