Born in Georgia in 2001, the pianist David Khrikuli is emerging as one of the most promising artists of his generation. He studies with Stanislav Ioudenitch at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, where he previously trained with Galina Eguiazarova. He is currently studying in the Banco Santander Foundation Piano Chair and is supported by the Jaime Castellanos and Fundación Albéniz scholarships. In 2022, he received the Diploma for Most Outstanding Student in his chair, presented by Her Majesty Queen Sofía.
Khrikuli was a finalist in the 2025 Chopin International Piano Competition, where his performances attracted exceptional attention from both the jury and the public, earning recognition that went beyond the final results. A prizewinner in numerous international competitions, Khrikuli won First Prize at the Cantù International Piano and Orchestra Competition (Italy) in 2024, as well as First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Vigo International Piano Competition (Spain). His earlier distinctions include First Prize and a Special Prize at the Aarhus International Competition (Denmark), First Prize at the Tbilisi National Chopin Competition (Georgia), and awards at the International Television Nutcracker Competition (Russia), Astana Piano Passion (Kazakhstan), and the Arthur Rubinstein International Competition for Young Pianists (China).
Khrikuli began studying piano at the age of eight at the Zakaria Paliashvili Central Music School for Gifted Children in Tbilisi, later continuing his training with Revaz Tavadze. He has participated in masterclasses with eminent pianists such as Arie Vardi, Nelson Freire, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Robert Levin, and András Schiff, among others.
He has performed as a soloist with the Georgian Philharmonic, the Israel Camerata and the Israel Philharmonic, and the Moscow Philharmonic, and has also given recitals and chamber music concerts throughout Europe.
As a student of the Reina Sofía School, he has taken part in the concert series La Generación Ascendente (Madrid) and AIEnRUTa-Clásicos (Albacete). He has also been a member of the Schumann Trio, the Ravel Duo, and the Austrias Trio.
His recent artistic activity has taken him on tour in Poland, with performances in Toruń, Kraków, and Poznań, as well as appearances with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, and the Kraków Philharmonic. Upcoming engagements include a performance at Madrid’s National Auditorium of Music, a return to Mallorca, and his debut in Berlin.