(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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Welcome to the Georgian Harmony Association website! This organisation has been promoting Georgian folk music events since 1998. This site was last updated on April 18th 2012.
“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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Events
Tour
by the Georgian Women's Choir SATHANAO
This is to let you know
about an exciting tour by the Georgian women's choir SATHANAO next month. Sathanao
is one of the best women's groups in Georgia with the finest singers from different
part of Georgia. They specialise in folk, church and urban music, instruments
and dance, with a particular emphasis on the women's repertoire of lullabies,
etc. The choir includes NANA MZHAVANADZE whose quotation appears above.
For the full tour schedule see below. For further details of all events please
see the Geomusica website:
http://www.geomusica.com
where you can buy tickets for concerts and workshops online.
Georgian wine will be available for most of the concerts (by donation) and Sathanao
CDs will be on sale.
Please, help us to support our work, bring the best of Georgian music to the
UK audience
and advertise the Sathanao tour to your friends and contacts.
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Ensemble
Sathanao Tour Dates
For more information and tickets for all events visit
:
http://www.geomusica.com/events
Thursday 10th May - Cambridge
Workshop Saint Barnabas Church - 7:30 to 9:30pm
Two workshops will be held simultaneously, one for men, one for women
St Barnabas Church
Old School Building
For more details and booking, please, contact Ashlyn Armour Brown
By email ashlyn.armour-brown[at]ntlworld.com
or by phone: 01223 353 586
Friday 11th May - Cambridge
Ensemble Sathanao CONCERT at 8:00pm
Jesus College Chapel
Cambridge, CB5 8BL
Saturday 12th May - London , Highgate
Ensemble Sathanao CONCERT at 7:30pm
All Saints Church
Talbot Road, Highgate
London, N6 4QH
Sunday 13th May - London , Holland Park
Ensemble Sathanao CONCERT at 7:30pm
9 Clarendon Cross
London, W11 4AP
For more information and tickets visit http://www.clarendonevents.org.uk/
Monday 14th May - Keswick, Cumbria
Ensemble Sathanao WORKSHOP in the Borrowdale Institute, Rosthwaite near Keswick,
The Lake District
7:30 - 9:30 pm. £5
Tuesday 15th May - Kendal, Cumbria
Ensemble Sathanao WORKSHOP and CONCERT in Kendal - workshop 7:00 pm, concert
8.30 pm
Castle Street Community Centre, Castle Street, Kendal, Cumbria. Just concert
£5 - with workshop £7.
Tickets available for both the above dates either at the door or by ringing
David Burbidge on 015396.21166
More information on www.lakelandvoice.co.uk
Wednesday 16th May - Edinburgh
Ensemble Sathanao CONCERT at 7pm
St Johns Church
Princes Street
Edinburgh EH2 4BJ
Friday 18th May - Derby
Ensemble Sathanao CONCERT - 7:30pm
VoiceBox
Forman Street
Derby DE1 1JQ
For more information and tickets visit http://www.geomusica.com/events
or contact Joan Rogerson
By email: derby_sings[at]kaleidoscope-music.org.uk
or by phone: 07532 355 879
Sunday 20th May - Oxford
Ensemble Sathanao WORKSHOP from 4pm to 6pm
Ensemble Sathanao CONCERT at 8:00pm
The Jacqueline du Pre Music Building
St Hilda's College
Cowley Place
Oxford OX4 1DY
For more information and tickets visit http://www.geomusica.com/events
Or contact Michael Bloom by email: georgianharmony[at]yahoo.co.uk
or by phone: 01235 536 563
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FRANK
KANE will be giving a workshop entitled "Voice, Vibration and Georgian
Songs"
in DUBLIN from JUNE 15th to 17th. For full details please go to:
http://soundstories.ie/site/index.php/voice-vibration-and-georgian-songs-a-weekend-with-frank-kane-15-17-june-2012/
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For two weeks in July, the villagers of Lakhushti in Svaneti,
Georgia, are opening their doors to share in their ancient way of living.Learn
the songs that echo the lands, work the land to the rythme of the songs, celebrate
with the villagers and songmasters. Many things are possible. Please visit www.braveheartgeorgia.org
for more information.
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This year's Monastery Tour of Georgia led by John Graham
will be from June 20th-30th, with the new itinerary and all the details here:
www.georgianchant.org/tours/monastery
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SARAH COBHAM of the Northern Georgian
Society is organising a musical holiday to Georgia next summer. She writes:
Authentic and inspiring trip to Georgia - Summer 2012
Starting in Tbilisi and moving onto Kakheti, Khazbegi, Guria and Svaneti you
will delight in the history, culture and song of Georgia, live with and learn
the language, the customs and the dance. A unique experience for people of all
ages, interests and backgrounds and whether or not it is your first time in
Georgia or your 30th you will discover so much.
23rd July - 4th August 2012 Cost £1400
excluding flights.
Airlines that fly to Tbilisi are Ukranian Air, Pegasus, Aerosvit (very cheap)
and bmi.
All enquiries and booking information telephone Sarah on 01924 276250
For further information please go to:
www.northerngeorgiansociety.co.uk/eventsandnews
where you can download full details.
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This section is particularly directed to those who know Gigi Garaqanidze and his choir MTIEBI. For those who may not know the history, Gigi's father Edisher founded MTIEBI in 1980 and was the first person to bring Georgian singing to this country. It was he who introduced many of the songs we now sing. He made several visits here between 1994 and 1997, including a concert tour with MTIEBI in 1996. Tragically, he died in a road accident in Georgia in 1998 together with his wife and daughter. Gigi was the only survivor and now leads MTIEBI. He re-formed the choir with members of Edisher's youth choir AMER-IMERI as well as some of the older choir members, 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. Some of you may have seen one of their excellent performances during their UK tour in 2008. The good news is that Gigi and his wife Magda have had a baby boy in December 2011.
If anybody wants to wish them well
here is Gigi’s email address:
kanudos[at]yahoo.com
Frank Rozelaar-Green, who was a personal friend of Edisher's in the 1990s and
continues to liaise closely with Gigi, is collecting funds to send to Gigi and
Magda as a wedding present. He is hoping to raise £2000 for them. The
economic situation in Georgia is still not good, especially for musicians, and
Gigi and Magda need support from their friends to continue their excellent work
as well as for their personal needs. If you feel moved to contribute something,
please send it direct to Frank. Please make cheques out to "Frank Rozelaar-Green"
and send them to:
Frank Rozelaar-Green,
147 Kings Road,
Canton,
Cardiff
CF11 9DE
South Wales
I am sure that any contribution will be greatly appreciated.
Katherina Garratt-Adams has asked me to remind everyone that the fund she started to support Marina Khutsishvili and her children in Georgia is still open and very much still needed. Marina is the widow of Koba, a member of the Georgian choir Mtiebi, the choir founded by Edisher Garakanidze to whom this site is dedicated. Koba sadly died in November 2002. If you would like to contribute please contact Katherina on 01544 327407 or email : katherina[at]kinnersley.com Cheques, payable to "Georgian Singing Workshop", should be sent to :-
Katherina Garratt-Adams
Kinnersley Castle
Kinnersley
Hereford
HR3 6QF
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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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