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Welcome to the Georgian Harmony Association website! This organisation has been promoting Georgian folk music events since 1998.

This site was last updated on November 8th 2019.

“When we as Georgians open our mouths to sing, our eyes are already searching for other voices to join. Within our music- making, the
separation, loneliness and isolation of our complex modern day existence has no place. Only our love belongs here. Through this cherished
vein, we Georgians carry all that we hold dear. The bloodline of our ancestors. The heartbeat of our nation. The secrets of our immortality. It
will be my honour to share our songs with you.”

Nana Mzhavanadze

CONTACT INFORMATION
For all enquiries please email Michael Bloom at : info[at]georgianharmony.org.uk or tel. 01235 536563

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GEORGIAN CALENDAR 2020

Peter Nasmyth's Georgian Calendar for 2020 with the theme "THE ART IN ITS LANDSCAPE" is now available.
For details of how to order please go to merchandise

FORTHCOMING EVENTS
On Tuesday DECEMBER 10th 2019 there will be a workshop in OXFORD for women only led by Nana
Mzhavanadze.

Nana has made several visits to the UK and is well known for her gentle style of teaching:

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SINGING HOLIDAYS IN GEORGIA 2020

I have been informed of the following singing holidays in Georgia in 2020 :

12th to 22nd January - with Levan Bitarovi in Guria & Svaneti - $1200.
Contact: Marina Kaganova - m.kaganova[at]gmail.com

17th to 26 April - with Nino Naneishvili & Ialoni in Tbilisi, Samegrelo & Svaneti - $1000.
Contact: ninonaneishvili[at]gmail.com

13th to 27th July - Joyous Host Tour in Mestia, Salkhino, Merisi & Bukistsikhe - $1500. https://www.joyoushosttours.com/product-
page/2020-july-folk-music-tour
Contact: joyoushosttours[at]gmail.com

18th to 29 July - The Call of the Singing Village - in Lakhushdi - 1100 euro.
Contact: contacttekla[at]gmail.com

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30th July to 14th August - Joyous Host Tour in Aspindza, Merisi & Bukitsikhe - $1600. https://www.joyoushosttours.com/product-
page/2020-august-folk-music-tour
Contact: joyoushosttours[at]gmail.com

2nd to 10th August - in Oni, with Tornike Skhiereli - 960 euro.

Contact: info[at]folkhouse.ge or tornikeskhiereli[at]gmail.com

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15th to 30th August - Village Harmony - with Ketevan Mindorashvili, Zedashe & Patty Cuyler - $1700. https://villageharmony.org/camps
/georgia-2020/

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It is my sad duty to inform you that David Tugwell, musical director of the Torola and Skotebi Georgian choirs in Edinburgh, died on April
11th 2017. David was an immensely talented musician as well as a warm friend to all who knew him. He will be sadly missed by his
family and friends, members of his choirs and all those who love Georgian singing.

However I am pleased to be able to inform you that, following the sad death of Gigi Garakanidze in 2012 at the tragically early age of 30, his choir MTIEBI
and youth choir AMER-IMERI are still going strong and developing new material, led by his wife Magda (Kevlishvili) and other choir members. His father
Edisher was one of the first teachers to bring Georgian singing to this country, and it was he who introduced many of the songs we now sing. Tragically,
Edisher died in a road accident in Georgia in 1998 together with his wife Nino and daughter Marika. Gigi was the only survivor but was badly injured, and
this may well have contributed to his early death. After recovering in 1999 he re-formed Mtiebi with members of Edisher's youth choir Amer-Imeri as well as
some of the older members of the original choir, and put into effect Edisher's vision of a folk theatre with songs sung in the context of the scenarios in
which they are used in Georgia. Gigi came to the UK several times, both with Mtiebi and alone, and some of you may have seen their excellent
performances or attended one of his workshops. Gigi and Magda's son Ilia was born on Christmas Day, December 25th, 2011. He is doing well and already
seems to have inherited the family's musical talent.

Gigi had not only a deep knowledge of Georgian song but a gentle and open spirit. He will be greatly missed both personally and for his great contribution
to Georgian singing in Georgia and abroad. Here is a picture of Gigi and Magda taken when my wife Eliso and I visited them in September 2011, shortly
before Ilia was born.

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(The GEORGIAN HARMONY ASSOCIATION was started by Michael Bloom in 1998, following Edisher Garakanidze's
tragic death. This website is dedicated to Edisher's memory.)

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