Giorgi Kharadze was born into a family of musicians in Tiflis, Georgia, in 1984 and began studying the cello when he was six years old. He first studied at the Conservatoire National de Blois (France) and then in Raphaëlle Semezis’ class at the Conservatoire d’Orléans. When he was 15 he transferred to Roland Pidoux’s class at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, graduating with distinction in 2004. In 2000 Giorgi Kharadze won first prize in the Epernay String Competition and in 2002 second prize in the Jean Français International Music Competition and first prize in the International Domnick Cello Competition in Stuttgart. This was followed in 2003 by the first prize in the Georges Prêtre international competition in Douai (France) and in 2004 the third prize and a special prize in the International Pablo Casals Cello Competition in Kronberg im Taunus; in the same year he was awarded the Landgrave of Hesse Prize. Since he was seven years old Giorgi Kharadze has given concert performances at the Eté Culturel in Loir-et-Cher (France). At the age of 15 he gave his first solo performance in the auditorium of the Conservatoire d’Orléans and in the Shostakovich Centre in Paris. In 2002 and 2003 there were further concerts at the International Festival in Oberstdorf and an appearance as the soloist with the Douai Orchestra in Thessaloniki (Greece). In 2005 he was laureate of "Foundation Concertante" and "Foundation Groupe Banque Populaire". In the same year he won the third Prize and Special Prize of Rostropovich Cello Competition in Paris. Since April 2005 he has the scholarchip of Kronberg Academy. In March 2006 he played a recital in Concertgebow of Amsterdam and toured in Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Giorgi Kharadze plays a cello built by the Mantegazza brothers in 1765, which is on loan to him from the Gidon Kremer Instrument Fund managed by Kronberg Academy.