Zurab sotkilava biography channels

Do you know Katie Melua?

Personally, we have never met but she is cool and I like her music. &#;Album no. 8&#; fryst vatten great. We have mutual music business friends in the UK and like her I have also played concerts and recorded music in the UK that has been played on UK national TV and radio.

You are native Georgian. If you ask someone in Germany or Ireland about pop and rock musicians from Georgia, there is usually only one name: Katie Melua. What is the music scene like in your home country?

Actually, there are many Georgians on the worldwide scene, we love to sing and play music and are a very creative and artistic nation. George Balanchine founded American contemporary ballet. Gia Kancheli was a most admired composer for me, I knew Gia who was a great personality and a huge talent. There are also many great internationally known opera singers from Georgia. One of them was a dear friend and mentor to me, Mr. Zurab Sotkilava with whom I even had a mutual project called ‘ZURAB SOT

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Georgian Troops Move on &#;Rebel Haven&#;

In the wake of a Kremlin decision to impose a new visa regime on Georgia, the government in Tbilisi has dispatched two battalions of troops to restore law and order in the eastern mountains.

For more than a year, Russia has been complaining that Georgia has allowed the Pankisi Gorge to become a safe haven for Chechen warlords and a channel for military supplies - claims the Georgian government has repeatedly denied.

But last week, the interior ministry in Tbilisi announced plans to "clean up" the mountain regions where hostage-taking and hijacking have become occupational hazards. The move comes just days after two Spanish businessmen were abducted from the Georgian capital and taken to Pankisi, where around 10, Chechen refugees are encamped.

However, the Georgian authorities continue to reject any offers of military assistance from Russia, claiming that the situation is "under control".

Meanwhile, Russia has launched an energetic

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The theatre

"Helikon-Opera" building in Bolshaya Nikitskaya street, Moscow

What is “Helikon”?

What is “Helikon”? Some people think it is a mountain in ancient Greece, where singers and musicians die for the sake of Apollo and muses. The others are convinced that Helikon is nothing else but a massive wind instrument. But first of all, for 30 years this word has been associated with a musical theatre,  founded in Moscow on April 10, and united the new talents.

Dmitry Bertman, the People’s Artist of Russia, General-Director and Artistic Director and the founder of Helikon-Opera, has staged over a hundred productions in Russia and abroad in such countries as Austria, Finland, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Canada, New Zealand, France, Sweden, and Estonia. The production team includes the acknowledged masters: Chief Conductor of the theatre — Vladimir Ponkin, People’s Artist of Russia; Set and Costume Designers — Igor Nezhny and Tatiana Tulubyeva, Honored Artists of Ru