Singers from Georgia. Georgian singers: opera, pop

Georgian opera performers have voices unique in strength and beauty of timbre. Some of them managed, thanks to their talent, to become famous throughout the world. They sang and sing best scenes Europe. They conquered La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden and other world venues.

Georgian opera singers (list):

Zurab Sotkilava.
Paata Burchuladze.
Makvala Kasrashvili.
Tamar Iano.
Gvazava Eteri.
Natela Nikoli.
Lado Ataneli.
Petre Amiranishvili.
Nino Surguladze.
Eteri Chkonia.
Iver Tamar.
Tsisana Tatishvili.
Nino Machaidze.
Medea Amiranishvili.

And others.

Contemporary performers

Artists from Georgia successfully perform not only opera arias, but also jazz, rock, pop. Many of them became famous thanks to the television projects “The Voice”, “Star Factory”, “Minute of Fame”.

Georgian contemporary singers (list):

Gela Guralia.
Sofia Nijaradze.
Diana Gurtskaya.
Katie Topuria.
Dato.
Valeriy Meladze.
Katie Melua.
Anri Jokhadze.
Irakli Pirtskhalava.
Tamta.
David Khujadze.
Grigory Leps.
Datuna Mgeladze.
Soso Pavliashvili.
Oto Nemsadze.
Nina Sublatti.
Nodiko Tatishvili.
Sopho Khalvashi.
Mariko Ebralidze.
Sophie Willey.

And others.

Zurab Sotkilava

Famous all over the world Opera singer Zurab Sotkilava was born in Sukhumi in 1937. Since childhood, the artist played football and at the age of 16 he joined the Georgian “Dynamo”. At the age of 22, due to severe injuries, he was forced to complete his sports career. In 1960, Zurab Lavrentievich graduated from the Polytechnic Institute. Five years later - the Tbilisi Conservatory, and in 1972 - graduate school. He completed an internship at the La Scala Theater for two years.

He began his career as a singer at the Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet Theater in Georgia. In 1974 he moved to Moscow and was accepted into the Bolshoi Theater troupe.

Z. Sotkilava in 1979 was awarded the title “ National artist THE USSR".

Zurab Lavrentievich sang the roles of the main characters in the following operas:

"Aida".
"Nabucco".
"Troubadour".
"Rural honor".
"Masquerade Ball"
"Yearning".
"Boris Godunov".
"Iolanta."

And others.

Zurab Lavrentievich has been active since 1976 teaching activities. Since 1987 he has been a professor. Many young Georgian opera singers, as well as vocalists from other countries, study with him.

Many Georgian singers shine brightly on Russian television. They take part in various competitive projects. One of the artists who was remembered by the Russian public thanks to her participation in the show “The Voice” is Eteri Beriashvili. The artist was born in a small Georgian mountain town. Started singing in early childhood. First, at the insistence of her parents, Eteri graduated from the Sechenov Medical Academy. Immediately after this, she entered the Moscow School of Pop and Jazz Art in the vocal department. While still a student, she became a diploma winner of the “Stairway to Heaven” competition, where she was noticed and invited to join the group Cool & Jazzy. Then the artist created her own group - A’Cappella ExpreSSS.

Eteri is one of the leading jazz performers.

Some Georgian pop singers who became popular with our listeners back in Soviet era, remain beloved today. Such artists include Tamara Gverdtsiteli. The singer was born in Tbilisi in 1962. Tamara comes from an ancient noble family. T. Gverdtsiteli is not only a singer, but also an actress, composer and pianist. She began to study music thanks to her mother, an Odessa Jew. In the 70s Tamara became the soloist of the children's vocal ensemble"Mziuri". T. Gverdtsiteli graduated from the conservatory in two areas - composition and piano. Then she graduated from a music college with a degree in vocals. In 1991, she entered into a contract with M. Legrand and then her first concert took place in Paris.

Today Tamara performs on stage and sings in opera, acts in films, plays in musicals, and tours with solo concerts and takes part in dramatic productions. The artist performs songs in different languages.

In 2004 she was awarded the title " People's Artist Russia."

Georgian singers often perform parts in our Russian musical productions. One of the most famous artists of this genre - Sofia Nizharadze. She was born in Tbilisi in 1986. Started singing with three years. At the age of 7 she voiced a film. Graduated music school in piano class. Sofia is a graduate of GITIS, Faculty of Artists musical theater. She gained fame by singing the part of the main character in the Russian version of the French musical Romeo and Juliet.

In 2005, the singer took part in the New Wave competition. In 2010 she presented her home country at Eurovision.

In addition to the musical “Romeo and Juliet”, she performed roles in the following musical productions:

“Keto and Kote.”
"Wedding of the Jays."
"Melodies of the Berean Quarter."
Hello, Dolly.

35th place. Maka Gigauri

34th place. Tamara (Tamriko) Gverdtsiteli(born January 18, 1962, Tbilisi) - Soviet, Georgian and Russian singer, actress, composer, People's Artist of the Georgian SSR, People's Artist of Russia. Father is from the ancient Georgian noble family of Gverdtsiteli. Mother - granddaughter of an Odessa rabbi. Since Jews consider their nationality according to their mother, and Georgians - according to their father, Tamara Gverdtsiteli can be equally called both a Georgian and a Jew.

33rd place: - Soviet actress. She should not be confused with another Soviet actress Kira Georgievna Andronikashvili (1908-1960), who is her aunt.

32nd place. (February 20, 1923, Tbilisi - March 31, 1994) - Soviet actress, People's Artist of the Georgian SSR.

31st place. Elene Gedevanishvili(born January 7, 1990, Tbilisi) - Georgian figure skater, two-time bronze medalist of the European Championship (2010, 2012) in single skating.

30th place. Anna Chakvetadze(born March 5, 1987, Moscow) is a Russian tennis player who retired from playing in 2012. Won 8 WTA tournaments. Anna's father is from Georgia, her mother is from Ukraine.

29th place. Irina Onashvili- Georgian model, represented Georgia at Miss World 2003.

28th place. Taco Lolua- Georgian model.

27th place. Mariam Kilasonia- Miss Abkhazia 2009. The competition was held in Tbilisi, not in Abkhazia, and the winner is not an Abkhazian, but a Mingrelian (a sub-ethnic group of the Georgian people).

26th place. Lika Kavzharadze(born October 26, 1959, Tbilisi) - Soviet and Georgian actress. She became famous for her role as Marita in Tengiz Abuladze’s film “The Tree of Desire.”

25th place. Sofiko Chiaureli(May 21, 1937, Tbilisi - March 2, 2008) - Soviet and Georgian actress, People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1976), People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1979). She played in more than a hundred films.

Sofiko Chiaureli in the film "The Color of Pomegranates" (1968)

24th place. - Opera singer(mezzo-soprano). Born in Tbilisi. She has performed at La Scala, the Mariinsky Theater and other theaters around the world.

23rd place. Sofia Nizharadze(born February 6, 1986, Tbilisi, Georgia) - Georgian and Russian singer, actress, songwriter. Performed the role of Juliet in Russian version French musical Roméo & Juliette (2004-2006, Moscow, Operetta Theater). In 2005, she represented Russia at the pop music competition “ New wave" In May 2010, she represented Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest.

22nd place. Nino Makharadze- Georgian model who represented Georgia at the Miss Intercontinental 2012 competition.

21st place. Iya Ninidze(born September 8, 1960, Tbilisi) - Soviet Georgian and Russian actress theater and cinema, People's Artist of Georgia.

Iya Ninidze in the film "Nut Krakatuk" (1977)

20th place. Elena Satine(born November 24, 1987, Tbilisi) - American actress Georgian origin. Her real name - Skhirtladze.

19th place. Nonna Diakonidze- Georgian model who represented Georgia at the Miss Earth 2009 competition.

18th place. Lydia Tsirgvava(April 14, 1923, Harbin, China - December 31, 2013) - Soviet and Russian actress, artist. Better known as Lydia Vertinskaya(after the name of her husband - Russian singer Alexander Vertinsky). Mother of actresses Anastasia and Marianna Vertinsky, who are members of the.

16th place. Antisa Butskhrikidze- Georgian model.

15th place. Katie (Ketevan) Melua(born September 16, 1984, Kutaisi, Georgia) - British singer Georgian (Mingrelian) origin.

13th place. Dodo Chogovadze(born 1951) - Soviet actress, best known for her role as Princess Budur in the film " Magic lamp Aladdin" (1966).

12th place. Elena Tsiklauri- Georgian model, participant of the Miss Georgia 2014 contest.

11th place. (born November 29, 1991, Tbilis) - Georgian model, Miss Georgia 2011. She represented Georgia at Miss World 2011. Some believe that Janet Kerdikoshvili is by nationality, but she denies this and says that her parents are Mingrelians from Abkhazia.

10th place. Nebahat Chehre / Nebahat Çehre(born March 15, 1944, Samsun, Turkey) - Turkish actress, former model, Miss Turkey 1960. In Russia, she is best known for her role as Valide Sultan - the mother of Sultan Suleiman in the series "The Magnificent Century" (2011-2012). Nebahat Chekre's father is of Georgian origin, his mother is Laz (Lazi is a subethnic group of the Georgian people).

Nebahat Chehre in his youth:

Nebahat Chehre at the age of 67 in the role of Valide Sultan in the TV series “The Magnificent Century”:

9th place. Manana Japaridze(born December 28, 1980, Tbilisi) - Azerbaijani singer of Georgian origin.

8th place. Veronica (Vera) Kobalia(born August 24, 1981, Sukhumi, Abkhazia) - Georgian and Canadian economist, public and political figure, Minister of Economy and sustainable development Georgia in 2010 - 2012.

7th place. Nato Vachnadze(June 14, 1904, Warsaw, Poland - June 4, 1953) - Soviet actress, People's Artist of the Georgian SSR, Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Real name is Natalya Andronikashvili. Vachnadze is the surname of her first husband.

6th place. Nini Badurashvili(born December 27, 1985, Tbilisi) - Georgian actress and singer.

5th place. Mary Shervashidze-Eristova(October 17, 1895, Batumi, Georgia - January 21, 1986) - Russian princess, daughter of Prince Shervashidze, maid of honor of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. After her marriage to Prince Eristov, she took her husband’s surname. After Civil War went abroad, worked as a fashion model at the Chanel fashion house. Fashion historian Alexander Vasiliev in his book “Beauty in Exile” writes: “The fragile brunette Mary Eristova personified the type of beauty that was fashionable in the 20s. Her face and figure suited the Chanel style of those years, and Coco was also impressed by that for her, a provincial from Auvergne, "real Russian princesses" work. As they say, the portrait of Princess Mary was in the bedroom of Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco. When she woke up, she first looked at the picture and only then in the mirror, thus determining whether she looked good Today.

4th place. - Georgian model. She represented Georgia at the Miss Tourism 2008 competition.

3rd place. Lika Metreveli(born March 17, 1993) - Georgian model, Miss Tbilisi 2009, Vice-Miss Georgia 2012, winner of the Georgian stage of the Elite Model Look 2012 competition.

2nd place. (born November 10, 1975, Tbilisi) - Russian journalist and TV presenter. Tina Kandelaki about her origin: “My mother Elvira Georgievna Alahverdova - I never made a secret of this. My father Givi Shalvovich Kandelaki is Georgian. Kandelaki is a Greek surname. The Greek priests who brought Christianity to Georgia were my distant ancestors. But assimilation occurred so deeply that the Kandelakis became 100 percent Georgians."

The most beautiful Georgian - Georgian model, actress and TV presenter, Miss Georgia 2007 Gvantsa Daraselia(born September 1, 1989, Tbilisi). She represented Georgia at the Miss Universe 2008 competition. She starred in the films “Girl from the Slide” (2009) and “City of Dreams” (2010).

About famous Georgians in Russia and the most interesting facts their biographies, tells.

Zurab Tsereteli

The famous 82-year-old Russian sculptor, painter and teacher. His sculptures decorate many countries and cities around the world. He is the president Russian Academy arts, as well as a laureate of various awards and titles. Notable works— a monument to Peter the Great, John Paul II, the monuments “Friendship Forever” and “Good Conquers Evil.”

The author of more than five thousand works of painting, graphics, sculpture and monumental and decorative art grew up in Tbilisi, in a family where the spirit was in the air artistic arts. He studied in France, where he communicated with Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall. Since the late 1960s and still active in the field of monumental art.

Tsereteli is the author of the largest statue of Jesus Christ in the world (80 meters), which may be placed in St. Petersburg. The master plans to build a museum named after him in China and create a monument to singer Zhanna Friske. Despite Tsereteli's outstanding achievements, the sculptor is criticized for his gigantomania and accused of "monopolizing" monumental projects in Moscow.

Interesting fact - Tsereteli appears as a tireless, cheerful artist-sculptor Zviad Tsurindeli in the novel by writer Sergei Sokolkin “Russian Chock”.

Nikolai Tsiskaridze

Nikolai Tsiskaridze is undoubtedly one of the most famous and talented artists modern ballet. A native of Tbilisi was a child prodigy from childhood, and long legs and his mad love for ballet led him to the Moscow Bolshoi Theater, where he dreamed of serving from an early age.

photo: courtesy of Nikolay Tsiskaridze

Today Tsiskaridze is a two-time laureate State Prize Russia, three-time laureate theater award "Golden mask", member of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art, as well as rector of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg.

Ballet dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze in a scene from the ballet " Queen of Spades"directed by Roland Petit

Nikolay is a fan of the works of Leonid Parfenov, Vitaly Vulf and Edward Radzinsky. His favorite fairy tale is Andersen's The Little Mermaid. The forty-two-year-old artist is famous complex character and boundless willpower, and also avoids talking about his personal life and says that he is in no hurry to get married.

Cult film director, actor, screenwriter, publicist, author of such popularly beloved films that entire generations have grown up with: “I’m Walking Through Moscow”, “Don’t Cry!”, “Afonya”, “Mimino”, “Autumn Marathon”, “Passport” , "Kin-Dza-Dza!" and many more etc.

George spent his childhood in Moscow, where the family moved from Tbilisi in 1931. Here he graduated from Moscow University in 1954 architectural institute, and two years later he entered the Higher Directing Courses at the Mosfilm film studio. Danelia — cousin Georgian actress Sofiko Chiaureli, whom he filmed only once - in the film “Don't Cry.” Almost half of Danelia’s films were written by the Georgian composer Gia Kancheli, who also composed a composition for string orchestra “Little Daneliada” as a gift to the director.

Leo Boqueria

Leading cardiac surgeon of Russia and famous scientist. For outstanding services in medicine, he repeatedly became the person and legend of the year. Throughout his career, Boqueria actively and fruitfully used the experimental method. He was one of the first in the world to perform simultaneous operations to correct congenital and acquired heart defects.

A special merit of Leo Antonovich is the performance of the first operations in the USSR on fully implanted artificial heart ventricles. Boqueria is the initiator and pioneer of minimally invasive heart surgery, including the use of three-dimensional imaging of the surgical field to improve the safety of the operation itself. Doctor from God - Leo Bockeria - 76 years old.

Outstanding opera singer (lyric-dramatic tenor) and teacher. Since childhood, he played football: at the age of 16 he joined the Sukhumi Dynamo, then became the captain of the Georgian national team at the age of 20, and two years later he joined the main team of the Tbilisi Dynamo. But serious injuries led to the end of his sports career.

Sputnik/Vadim Shekun

From 1965 to 1974, Zurab Sotkilava was a soloist at the Georgian Opera and Ballet Theater named after Z. Paliashvili. Trained at Milan theater La Scala. IN Bolshoi Theater in Moscow he made his debut as Jose in 1973 (Carmen by Georges Bizet), and in 1974 he joined the theater’s opera troupe. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory.

In July 2015, information about the opera singer’s cancer diagnosis spread to the media. Soon Sotkilava told reporters that he had defeated cancer after a successful course of chemotherapy. His first concert after recovery took place on October 25, 2015 in Sergiev Posad, near Moscow.

Oleg Basilashvili

His film characters - Samokhvalov, Buzykin, Count Merzlyaev, pianist Ryabinin, Woland - are the most charming and beloved characters of Soviet cinema. Basilashvili, who has acted in more than 75 films, is known for his opposition views.

Oleg Basilashvili (Prince K.) during the performance " Uncle's dream"based on F.M. Dostoevsky, staged artistic director Bolshoi drama theater named after G.A. Tovstonogov (BDT) Timur Chkheidze.

Oleg Basilashvili could not get along with his actress wife Tatyana Doronina, but he is happy with journalist Galina Mshanskaya, with whom the artist has been together for more than 50 years. The couple raised two daughters who became journalists, like their mother. But longer than his wife, Oleg Basilashvili remains faithful only to the Bolshoi Drama Theater.

During the Soviet era, Oleg toured the world a lot. Once, while on tour in Japan, Basilashvili received a huge fee by Soviet standards, which he spent on six pairs of shoes for his wife.

Sergei Chonishvili

Russian theater and film actor, official voice STS TV channel since 1998. At the age of 16 he came from Tula to Moscow, where he graduated from the Shchukin School. He played in Lenkom and the Oleg Tabakov Theater, and starred in more than 60 films.

The voice of Sergei Chonishvili has been voiced and voiced in many Russian commercials, documentaries, audiobooks and announcements on various TV channels. His voice is also somewhat recognizable on modern television, like Levitan’s voice once was. In 2000, Chonishvili successfully made his debut in literature.

Grigory Chkhartishvili

Grigory Chkhartishvili - aka Boris Akunin, outstanding writer, publicist, orientalist, translator and winner of numerous professional awards. Born in 1956 in Zestafoni (Imereti region), in the family of artillery officer Shalva Chkhartishvili and teacher of Russian language and literature Berta Brazinskaya. In 1958, the family moved to Moscow.

In 1979, Grigory Chkhartishvili graduated from the historical and philological department of the Institute of Asian Studies, Moscow state university named after M.V. Lomonosov, receiving a diploma in Japanese history. Translated Japanese, American and English literature. And in 1998 he began to write fiction under the pseudonym Boris Akunin. Chkhartishvili-Akunin became popular in the early 2000s thanks to a series of detective novels about Erast Fandorin (Azazel, The Turkish Gambit, The Death of Achilles, State Councilor, " Special assignments", "Leviathan", "Coronation"). The works of the Fandorin series have been translated into more than 30 languages and have been filmed several times.

The writer is married. The first wife is Japanese, with whom Akunin lived for several years. The second wife, Erika Ernestovna, is a proofreader, translator and agent of the writer. Have no children. Since 2014, Gregory has been working and living in France, Brittany region. In October 2016, he came to his historical homeland, Georgia, where he met with Georgian readers and told them that he was looking for a plot in the country for a new book about Fandorin in Georgia.

Valery and Konstantin Meladze

Stars of modern Russian pop music and real engines of show business. Natives of Batumi (Adjarian Autonomous Republic), they began to study music in their youth. Now Valery is a successful pop singer, while Kontantin is one of best composers countries. Not long ago, both brothers left their first families and married their wards from the group" VIA Gra": Valery is on Albina Dzhanabaeva, and Konstantin is on Vera Brezhneva.

Otar Kushanashvili

Scandalous Russian music journalist and TV presenter originally from Kutaisi (Imereti region). His parents had nine children. Kushanashvili decided to become a journalist back in hometown, starting to publish in the Kutaisskaya Pravda newspaper. Later he entered the Faculty of Journalism at Tbilisi State University, from where, according to him, he was expelled.

And soon Otar left for Moscow, where he first worked as a night watchman at a school and washed floors at a train station. Then I sent out my resume to 35 editors, but received only one offer, and at the beginning of 1993 I became a correspondent for the newspaper." A New Look", created by Evgeny Dodolev, and then, on the latter’s recommendation, moved to television under the tutelage of Ivan Demidov.

Soon Otar Kushanashvili does interviews with figures Russian show business and becomes a prominent figure in the Moscow elite. He was noticed in numerous scandals: for example, after the 2002 story on Channel One, when during the broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest, Kushanashvili swore obscenely live on Andrei Malakhov’s program, he was deprived of the opportunity to appear on television for a long time.

Tamara Gverdtsiteli

In the past, she was a soloist of the legendary VIA "Mziuri", in the present she is one of the most talented Georgian singers on the Russian stage. Tamara Mikhailovna’s father is from the ancient Georgian noble family of Gverdtsiteli, her mother is Jewish, the granddaughter of an Odessa rabbi. Gverdtsiteli performed with Michel Legrand, who, introducing the singer to the audience of three thousand, said: “Paris! Remember this name.” And Tamara conquered Paris.

She performs songs in more than ten languages: Georgian, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish, English, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Armenian, German, etc. Tamara Mikhailovna’s talent is limitless - the artist sings in operas and musicals, acts in films, and also participates in various music and entertainment projects on television.

Rezo Gigineishvili

Popular Russian film director, producer and screenwriter of Georgian origin. Born in 1982 in Tbilisi in the family of musician Irina Tsikoridze and doctor David Gigineishvili, in Soviet time who ran one of the health resorts in Borjomi. In 1991 he moved to Moscow, where he soon began working on television.

He graduated from the directing department of VGIK (course of Marlen Khutsiev), was the second director in Fyodor Bondarchuk’s film “9th Company”. Gigineishvili's most sensational films are “Heat,” 2Love with an Accent,” “Without Men” and the television series “The Last of the Magikians.” He is known for his high-profile marriages with singer Anastasia Kochetkova and Nikita Mikhalkov’s daughter, actress Nadezhda Mikhalkova.

Soso Pavliashvili

One of the most charismatic Georgians and singers in Russian show business. Father Ramin Iosifovich Pavliashvili is an architect, mother Aza Aleksandrovna Pavliashvili (nee Kustova) is a housewife. He became involved with the stage when he served in the army. And after the service, at the age of 24, he began to sing.

Pavliashvili was a member of the Iveria ensemble. In 1988, during the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Soso played the violin in the Iveria ensemble, and once sang “Suliko” in front of an audience of 50,000 people in the city center, the performance of which shocked the audience. In 1989, he performed at a competition in Jurmala, where he received the Grand Prix.

Soso is famous for his greater love of love: the singer’s first wife was Nino Uchaneishvili, who bore him a son, Levan. After Soso's first marriage for a long time lived with famous singer Irina Ponarovskaya, but the couple never legalized the relationship. Since 1997, the Georgian singer has been married to former backing vocalist of the Mironi group Irina Patlakh, with whom Pavliashvili has two daughters, Lisa and Sandra.

Evgeniy Papunaishvili

Famous Russian dancer and choreographer, a native Muscovite. Several years ago, Papunaishvili opened his own “Evgeniy Papunaishvili School of Dance.” Now he is one of the most expensive choreographers and dance teachers in Russia.

The choreographer became more famous and recognizable after his participation and repeated victories in the project “Dancing with the Stars”, where Evgeniy danced with Natasha Koroleva, Irina Saltykova, Yulia Savicheva, Ksenia Sobchak, Albina Dzhanabaeva, Alena Vodonaeva, Tatyana Bulanova, Glyuk'oZa and others .

The Georgian heartthrob was credited with many affairs, with almost every one of his star partners. But the choreographer himself confirms only one romance - with Ksenia Sobchak. But the romance ended and today the dancer’s personal life is again under the radar of cameras. The man is still single, rich and famous.

Grigory Leps (Lepsveridze)

Sochi Georgian and a real phenomenon on the Russian stage recent years. At school I was a poor student, but was seriously involved in football and music. In the early 1990s, Leps performed romances in the restaurant of one of the Sochi hotels, and spent the fees on casinos, slot machines, booze and women. At the age of 30 he went to Moscow for fame and he succeeded.

Released in 1995 debut album“God Bless You,” the song from which “Natalie” quickly gained popularity. Already in 1998, Grigory received an invitation from Alla Pugacheva to sing at the Olimpiysky in “Christmas Meetings”. Leps is known for his special, “growling” voice timbre. He defines his style as “pop song with rock elements.”

Leps is a businessman, restaurateur, and produces a line of glasses called “Leps Optics.” In 2013, the US Treasury Department accused Leps of involvement in the “post-Soviet mafia” and blacklisted him. According to US official services, Leps had the nickname “Grisha” in the criminal environment, officially lived in Thailand and transported mafia money. The musician treated this with irony and even called new record"Gangster No. 1" He was married twice and has four children.

One of the most charming, fashionable and talented singers of Georgian origin in Russia. Rapidly rushing into Russian stage from Tbilisi as new soloist"A" Studio "Keti Topuria immediately attracted attention not only with her incredibly beautiful voice, but also with her exotic appearance. Today, thirty-year-old Katie is not only successful singer, but also a promising designer of clothes for adults and children, and also a happy mother of daughter Olivia, who was born to Katie in her marriage to businessman Lev Geykhman.

Continuing to choose the most beautiful women Caucasus, I settled on Georgia. In my Top 30 included famous Georgians who live in Georgia or other countries, but who necessarily have Georgian roots. Among them there are famous TV presenters Georgian and Russian channels, actresses, singers, models, athletes. I assessed only external data, photogenicity, without taking into account the talent or merits of the girls.

30. (born January 31, 1986, Tkvarcheli, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR) - goalkeeper of the Russian women's national football team. Plays for the club "Russian" since 2009.

29. (born January 10, 1972 Tbilisi, USSR, Georgia) - Russian TV presenter, film scholar and film critic.

28. (born March 5, 1987, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian professional tennis player. In 2011 she joined the party "Just Cause". She took third place in the federal list of “Right Cause” candidates for elections to the State Duma.

26. (born February 6, 1986, Tbilisi, Georgia) - Georgian singer, actress, songwriter. Performed the role of Juliet in the Russian version of the French musical Roméo & Juliette (2004-2006, Moscow, Operetta Theater). In 2005, she represented Russia at the New Wave pop music competition. In May 2010, she represented Georgia at the 55th Eurovision Song Contest in Norway.

25. Katie Melua (full name Catherine Melua, b. September 16, 1984, Kutaisi, Georgia) is a British singer with Georgian roots, author and performer of her songs. Ketevan was born in Georgia, at the age of 8 she moved to Northern Ireland, and at the age of 14 - to England. Her debut took place in 2003. Melua works with a small record company"Dramatico" led by famous musician and composer Mike Batt. In November 2003, when Katie was only 19 years old, her first album, Call, was released. Off the Search", which topped the UK charts and sold 1.2 million copies in its first 5 months. Her second album, Piece by Piece, was released in September 2005 and has now gone four times platinum. On October 2, 2006, Melua entered the Guinness Book of Records for performing the deepest-sea concert - 303 meters below sea level on Statoil's Troll A Platform in the North Sea. Melua and her group underwent the necessary medical examinations and survival training in Norway before flying by helicopter and landing on the platform. A recording of this concert was released on DVD under the title “Concert Under the Sea”.

23. - "Miss Georgia" -2008 "Miss World" 2008.

22. - First runner-up of the competition "Miss Georgia" -2008, represented Georgia at the competition "Miss Universe"-2009

21. (born July 12, 1988 in Tiflis, Georgia) - Georgian singer, popular in Latvia.

20. (born December 28, 1980, Tbilisi) - Azerbaijani pop singer Georgian origin, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan (2009).

19. (born March 8, 1983, Tbilisi, Georgia) - opera singer (soprano).

18. (born December 27, 1985 in Tbilisi) - actress, singer, Nini released one solo album, awarded the Order of Honor, as well as many other awards and prizes. Her films: "One More Georgian history", "Conflict Zone", "Tbilisi Love Story".

17. (born November 24, 1987, Tbilisi, real name - Skhirtladze) - American actress with Georgian roots, films: “Pretend to be My Wife”, “Smallville”, “Melrose Place”, “Don’t Look Up”, “ Bar Stars", "NCIS: Special Branch", "Magic City".

16. (born February 20, 1923 - died March 31, 1994) - Georgian actress, her films: “As long as it passes autumn rain", "The Color of Pomegranates", "Keto and Kote", "The Poet's Cradle", "The Shield of Djurgai".

15. (born September 8, 1960, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR) - Soviet Georgian and Russian actress. Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR, People's Artist of Georgia. Films: “Don’t Cry”, “Sky Swallows”, “Ordered to Take Alive”, “Repentance”, TV series: “Nina: Retribution for Love”, “Turetsky’s March”, “The Hunt for Beria”.

14. (born February 12, 1969, Tbilisi) - Georgian pop singer, actress. Studied at Tbilisi theater institute. Performing since 1991, since 2006 accompanied by own group. She released 12 albums and starred in 10 videos. Her films: “Annotation of one fate”, “Trap”, “Deal in 20 years”.

13. Suli(real name Victoria Khachilova, year of birth unknown) - Georgian-Ossetian singer, model. Born in North Ossetia, in the city of Mozdok, in international family- the father is Ossetian, and the mother is Georgian, graduated from the State Conservatory. Creative path Suli started out as the lead singer of the Georgian rock band Efemera, then went into modeling. At the invitation of Azerbaijani friends, she moved to Baku. Twice she won the Grand Prize in the category “Best Foreign Singer of the Year”. Last year she announced her retirement from Azerbaijani show business, but is planning to go on stage again.

12. (born 1992) - “Miss Georgia 2011”, future TV presenter, studies at the Faculty of Journalism of TSU. I. Javakhishvili.

11.Salome Gviniashvili- Georgian model.

10.Tinatin "Tika" Patsatsiya(born October 18, 1981 in Tbilisi, Georgia) - Georgian model, singer and TV presenter. Was "Miss Tbilisi", "Miss Georgia" and won third place in the competition "Miss Golden Globe"

9. Rusa Chachua- Georgian TV presenter.

8. Lika Korkia(born April 11, 1991) - model, TV presenter of weather forecast on the Rustavi-2 channel

7.Nanka Kalatozishvili(born May 8, 1979 in Tbilisi) - TV presenter, actress, films: “And the Train Came”, “Reverse”, “Graffiti”, “City of Dreams”.

6. Nini Nebieridze(born February 2, 1990) - model, actress, film: “The Girl from the Slide.” According to Nini, she has no plans to continue modeling career in Georgia, but wants to move abroad for this.

5. Tamara (Tamriko) Gverdtsiteli(born January 18, 1962, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR) - Soviet, Georgian and Russian singer, actress, composer, Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR (1989), People's Artist of Georgia (1991), People's Artist of Ingushetia, People's Artist of Russia (2004) .

4. Tamta Lano(born November 26, 1988 in Tbilisi) - Russian actress and singer. Won championship in competitions "Art transit" "The Golden Voice of Russia", "Crystal Magnolia" at the international vocal competition in Stockholm. She won the Grand Prix of the Moscow All-Russian Festival of Children's and Youth Creativity "World of Childhood".

3.Christina Dzidziguri- Georgian model and beauty pageant participant. At the competition "Miss Georgia" - 2008 took second place. On international competition"Miss Tourism" - 2008 won in the category "Miss Personality".

2. Gvantsa Daraselia(born September 1, 1989 in Tbilisi) - model, face of the Rustavi 2 TV channel, actress, her films: “Girl from the Slide”, “City of Dreams”.

1. Tina Kandelaki(born November 10, 1975, Tbilisi) - Russian journalist, TV presenter, producer and public figure.

Many famous Georgian singers have been and remain popular in our country. They perform successfully at Russian stage. Among them are opera singers and pop singers, musical artists and representatives of pop culture.

Opera

Georgian opera performers have voices that are unique in their strength and beauty of timbre. Some of them managed, thanks to their talent, to become famous throughout the world. They sang and sing on the best stages in Europe. They conquered La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden and other world venues.

Georgian opera singers (list):

Zurab Sotkilava.
Paata Burchuladze.
Makvala Kasrashvili.
Tamar Iano.
Gvazava Eteri.
Natela Nikoli.
Lado Ataneli.
Petre Amiranishvili.
Nino Surguladze.
Eteri Chkonia.
Iver Tamar.
Tsisana Tatishvili.
Nino Machaidze.
Medea Amiranishvili.

And others.

Contemporary performers

Artists from Georgia successfully perform not only opera arias, but also jazz, rock, and pop. Many of them became famous thanks to the television projects “The Voice”, “Star Factory”, “Minute of Fame”.

Georgian contemporary singers (list):

Gela Guralia.
Sofia Nijaradze.
Diana Gurtskaya.
Katie Topuria.
Dato.
Valeriy Meladze.
Katie Melua.
Anri Jokhadze.
Irakli Pirtskhalava.
Tamta.
David Khujadze.
Datuna Mgeladze.
Soso Pavliashvili.
Oto Nemsadze.
Nina Sublatti.
Nodiko Tatishvili.
Sopho Khalvashi.
Mariko Ebralidze.
Sophie Willey.

And others.

Zurab Sotkilava

The world famous opera singer was born in Sukhumi in 1937. Since childhood, the artist played football and at the age of 16 he joined the Georgian “Dynamo”. At the age of 22, due to severe injuries, he was forced to end his sports career. In 1960, Zurab Lavrentievich graduated from the Polytechnic Institute. Five years later - the Tbilisi Conservatory, and in 1972 - graduate school. He completed an internship at the La Scala Theater for two years.

He began his career as a singer at the Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet Theater in Georgia. In 1974 he moved to Moscow and was accepted into the Bolshoi Theater troupe.

Z. Sotkilava was awarded the title in 1979

Zurab Lavrentievich sang the roles of the main characters in the following operas:

"Aida".
"Nabucco".
"Troubadour".
"Rural honor".
"Masquerade Ball"
"Yearning".
"Boris Godunov".
"Iolanta."

And others.

Zurab Lavrentievich has been actively teaching since 1976. Since 1987 he has been a professor. Many young Georgian opera singers, as well as vocalists from other countries, study with him.

Eteri Beriashvili

Many Georgian singers shine brightly on Russian television. They take part in various competitive projects. One of the artists who was remembered by the Russian public thanks to her participation in the show “The Voice” is Eteri Beriashvili. The artist was born in a small Georgian mountain town. She started singing in early childhood. First, at the insistence of her parents, Eteri graduated from the Sechenov Medical Academy. Immediately after this, she entered the Moscow School of Pop and Jazz Art in the vocal department. While still a student, she became a diploma winner of the “Stairway to Heaven” competition, where she was noticed and invited to join the group Cool & Jazzy. Then the artist created her own group - A" Cappella ExpreSSS.

Eteri is one of the leading jazz performers.

Tamara Gverdtsiteli

Some Georgian pop singers who became popular with our listeners back in the Soviet era remain beloved today. Such artists include Tamara Gverdtsiteli. The singer was born in Tbilisi in 1962. Tamara comes from an ancient noble family. T. Gverdtsiteli is not only a singer, but also an actress, composer and pianist. She began to study music thanks to her mother, an Odessa Jew. In the 70s Tamara became the soloist of the children's vocal ensemble "Mziuri". T. Gverdtsiteli graduated from the conservatory in two areas - composition and piano. Then she graduated from a music college with a degree in vocals. In 1991, she entered into a contract with M. Legrand and then her first concert took place in Paris.

Today Tamara performs on stage and sings in opera, acts in films, plays in musicals, tours with solo concerts and takes part in dramatic productions. The artist performs songs in different languages.

In 2004, she was awarded the title "People's Artist of Russia".

Sofia Nizharadze

Georgian singers often perform parts in our Russian musical productions. One of the most famous artists of this genre - She was born in Tbilisi in 1986. She started singing at the age of three. At the age of 7 she voiced a film. She graduated from a music school with a degree in piano. Sofia is a graduate of GITIS, faculty of musical theater artists. She gained fame by singing the part of the main character in the Russian version of the French musical "Romeo and Juliet".

In 2005, the singer took part in the New Wave competition. In 2010, she represented her home country at Eurovision.

In addition to the musical "Romeo and Juliet", she performed roles in the following musical productions:

"Keto and Kote".
"Wedding of the Jays."
"Melodies of the Verian Quarter".
Hello, Dolly.