Mirian Khukhunaishvili

About Mirian

Co-founder and Music director of the Tbilisi Youth Orchestra, Mirian Khukhunaishvili, is an Iceland-based Georgian conductor. 

Praised by Christoph Eschenbach as a

"tremendously gifted young conductor" after his debut

with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the young Maestro is

on his way to conquering the hearts of European orchestras. 
 
Mirian has led orchestras such as the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich,

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Bamberger Symphoniker, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, North Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra, Beethoven Academy Orchestra and all major Georgian orchestras and choirs.
 
He has worked with world-renowned musicians, including Christian Tetzlaff, Eliso Virsaladze, Paata Burchuladze, Stuart Skelton, George Gagnidze, Nino Machaidze, Valeriy Sokolov, Alexander Buzlov, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Eduard Brunner, Anastasia Kobekina, Veriko Tchumburidze, Stathis Karapanos, and others.

After his debut with the Konzerthaus Orchestra, Mirian performed in Berlin Konzerthaus for the second time with the Tbilisi Youth Orchestra at the Young Euro Classic festival in August 2023. 
 
Since 2021 Mirian has served as an invited faculty member at the Iceland University of the Arts, where he teaches conducting classes and leads the university choir.
 
In 2020 he earned his doctoral degree in conducting at the Academy of Music in Krakow.

In the Wake of the Award

As part of the award, Mirian was given the opportunity to serve as assistant conductor on various projects with leading orchestras, including the Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic (Parma), the MAV Symphony Orchestra (Budapest), and the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic. His exceptional success in these roles quickly led to further invitations—among them, conducting the Wrocław Philharmonic on tour, as well as leading subscription concerts with the MAV Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic, and the Athens State Orchestra between others.