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Salome Katamadze to represent Georgia at Golden Talent 2011-Batumi
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Author: By Kate Lekishvili
On June 23, during the concluding round of the Georgian tour of the international music festival Golden Talent 2011-Batumi, the jury, announced Salome Katamadze as the winner, who will represent Georgia at the Festival’s international tour.
At the opening stage of the tour held in the Black sea resort of Batumi, the jury, chaired by David Evgenidze selected fourteen Georgian singers, who have competed with each other on foreign hits. Later the seven contestants with the highest points performed Georgian songs.
The lucky seven’s names were: Salome Katamadze, Ani Kekua, Achiko Nizharadze, Elene Pochkhua, Misha Sulukhia and Veriko Matsaberidze. In addition, the chairman of the jury used his privilege of two votes and supported Mariam Khutsurauli in order to take her to the next Georgian tour. At the same time, one of the contestants, Nuki Gvalia no longer had a wish to participate in the Georgian tour and withdrew from the competition.
The winner of the Georgian tour, Salome Katamadze, has quite extensive experience, as she started singing from the early age of six. At the age of 9 she achieved considerable success in the opera field. Later, when she was 15 years old, Salome made the decision to leave opera and went into a career of pop music.
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Students help residents of Gremi community house
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Author: By Kate Lekishvili
Many people have probably thought to themselves how good it would be to help and support the people who really need it. On June 27, at Art Cafe 11, Sopho Gholadze managed to organize and realize such an event in partnership with Teliani Valley, a wine company.
A student at the Medical University, Gholadze heard accidentally about a household of disabled people, who are based in the village of Gremi in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti. Since then, the desire to visit and meet the residents of the house has ignited her.
To make their plan a reality, Sopho Gholadze and her friends from the Medical University’s theatre group arrived in Gremi, arranged a concert for the children, read stories and presented gifts to them in the form of books published by the Diogene publishing house.
The interaction with the residents of the Gremi house, led students to the idea of further supporting their hosts; in just ten days they arranged an exhibition-sale at Art Cafй 11. The point is that the members of the Gremi community are engaged in different needlework crafts, felt shoes, earthenware items and other dйcor objects.
The visitors of the exhibition were able to buy the exhibited items and the income from the sales will be fully used for the Gremi house.
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Andean winds bewitch Tbilisi
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Author: By MJ Riquelme del Valle
An exotic rhythm of Amazonian and Andean flutes bewitches the hot air of Tbilisi during these summer days. Under the torrid sun, Manuel Ipiales and five other native Amerindian folk musicians bring vivid vibes through their colorful tunes and dances.
Georgia is the penultimate leg of a trip that took these artists through Western Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus. “Our aim is to make South American music and dances known”, says Ipiales. Hardened by the sun, deep wrinkles shape his expression. With a smile in his face he stresses that the most important thing for him and his fellow musicians are people’s reactions to their performance. “People give us energy, their applause is our energy… Then we know people like our music. That’s more important to us than getting some coins”.
Andean, Amazonian and North American music styles mix in their music through the use of different instruments. “We have panpipes, quenas (notched end flutes) and ocarinas. Some of them we have made ourselves, others we bought from craftsmen”. Ipiales explains how, to him, music relates to nature. “Our instruments, for example, are all made with materials coming from the tropical forests and the Andean mountains. Like our ocarinas, made with Peruvian black earth (…) or some of our flutes, made with bamboo”.
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The Knight in the Tiger’s Skin – a new illustrated edition on sale
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Author: By Tamar Khurtsia
For literature lovers or those loving illustrated books, the news that a new edition of the Georgian national epic poem - The Knight in the Tiger’s Skin (Vepkhistqaosani in Georgian) will be interesting. The book is illustrated by Davit Machavariani, 34, a contemporary Georgian artist who drew more than 31 black and white drawings for the poem.
Recognized as one of the greatest works to have been created by a human genius, The Knight in the Tiger’s Skin is a poem by Shota Rustaveli, a Georgian poet from the 12th century.
“It’s a great honor for me to create the illustrations for a poem that has become part of the heritage of all mankind. The paintings look like the drawing but it is an ink on the paper,” said Machavariani, welcoming the guests with frankness at the book’s exhibition that took place at the Europe House in Tbilisi on June 30.
The book was published by Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House and the circulation is 4,000. The price for the book is 45 lari. The books are on sale at most book stores.
“It is my first such big project as an artist and I hope that people will appreciate the illustrations,” Machavariani told Georgia Today.
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“I like that Opel cares about nature”
Q&A with Katie Melua
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Author: By Shalva Buachidze
Georgian-born singer Katie Melua, a bestselling female UK artist, plans to record her fifth album this year. Georgia Today met with Melua to interview her and to find out about her musical tastes, future plans and her relationship with the German automobile company Opel as their new brand ambassador.
Q: Firstly we would like to know about your plans - after producing your new album recently and touring Europe with the new CD, what is on your agenda? What should we expect from you?
A: I plan to record a new album by September or October.
Q: So soon?
A: Yes. A year has already passed since my latest album debuted, so I want to do something new this year.
Q: You are one of the well-known singers of today. The Queen of the United Kingdom has even noticed your talent. What does this mean to you? What can happen in your life that would exceed this recognition?
A: It was really significant for me. I didn’t expect this reaction. I’d like to create more music; I’d like to do more.
Q: Do you think even more important things can happen in your life?
A: Yes, of course.
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