Flatiron Festival, Offering I: OPENING GALA: "Mine is Bigger Than Yours: A Friendly Battle of Piano Transcriptions": Soukhovetski, Sato, Korepanova, & Namoradze
About This Event
The Flatiron Festival opening gala "Mine is Bigger Than Yours: A Friendly Battle of Piano Transcriptions" brings Ilya Shmukler Soukhovetski, Sato, Korepanova and Namoradze to Groupmuse NYC. Soukhovetski and Namoradze have been part of Groupmuse programs that treat transcription as a public sport; both favor structure, articulation and rhythmic arrangement over display, shaping a program driven by comparative readings rather than solo showmanship.
About Mine is Bigger Than Yours: A Friendly Battle of Piano Transcriptions
Presented at Groupmuse NYC, *Mine is Bigger Than Yours: A Friendly Battle of Piano Transcriptions* treats rock and pop songs as raw material for virtuoso rearrangement. Pianists Ilya Shmukler Soukhovetski and Namoradze trade versions, turning familiar hooks into arguments about texture, rhythm, and scale at the keyboard. In New York’s long-running culture of salon concerts and genre-crossing recitals, the format reads like a live study in how repertoire gets remade. The friendly competition also exposes a serious question: what, exactly, counts as authorship once a song changes instruments.
About the Artists
Ilya Shmukler Soukhovetski
Ilya Shmukler Soukhovetski is a New York City–based performer whose work moves between rock/pop sensibility and concert-stage pianism. In the Groupmuse NYC circuit, he has appeared in programs that treat transcription as a public sport, including the Flatiron Festival and the opening gala “Mine is Bigger Than Yours: A Friendly Battle of Piano Transcriptions,” alongside artists such as Namoradze.
Namoradze
Namoradze is an individual artist working across Rock and Pop, with appearances in New York City through Groupmuse NYC programs. They have been billed for events such as the Flatiron Festival and the opening gala “Mine is Bigger Than Yours: A Friendly Battle of Piano Transcriptions,” alongside Ilya Shmukler Soukhovetski and other pianists.