International recognition for her profound talent came Mariam Batsashvili’s way in 2014, when she won first prize in the Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht. 

In the decade which has followed, the Tbilisi-born 31-year-old has established herself as a world-class pianist, spending two years as a BBC New Generation Artist and making important debuts at the Cheltenham Festival and the BBC Proms. 

Her St Chad’s concert this month, marking her first-ever appearance in Shropshire, sees her performing works by Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and Liszt.