First tour of the UK by Sakhioba Ensemble in November
BGS member Tamta Turmanidze, singer and musician and leader of two London Georgian singing groups, has teamed up with Marc Jackson to form a new...
Marjanishvili Theatre collaboration brings Captain Corelli’s Mandolin to the stage
In a major international co-production between the Mercury Theatre Colchester and the Marjanishvili Theatre Tbilisi. five actors (four British and one Georgian) combine with scores...
I, CULTURE Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall 6th November
On Sunday 6th November at 7.30pm, in a concert of Prokofiev, Szymanowski and Tchaikovsky Sir Neville Marriner. Young musicians from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova,...
Donald Rayfield talk 17th November
BGS is delighted that Professor Donald Rayfield will talk on the Georgian language at the Courtuald Institute. ‘An Orphan in the Caucasus’ – Talk by...
‘An Orphan in the Caucasus’ – Talk by Donald Rayfield 17th November
‘An Orphan in the Caucasus’: the mysterious origins and connections of the Georgian Langauge Donald Rayfield will discuss the relationship (proven and possible) between Georgian...
Shadows of Forgotten Memories
It is strange how in life things come full circle. 10 days ago I was tracking down the `Hutcul people who inhabit the Carpathian mountains...
A Trip to Karabakh (Gaseirneba Kharabakhshi)
Winner of the ‘Golden Vine’ – Grand Prize at the CIS and Baltic States Festival. A collaboration between director Levan Tutberidze and writer Aka Morchiladze....
Georgian Studies Day 2nd November 2011
GEORGIA REALLY MATTERS celebrating 25 years of the Annual Georgian Studies Day. November 2nd at the University of Westminster, Regent Street campus. Speakers include the...
Keto and Kote introduced by Gela Charkviani
The earliest full-scale Georgian cinematic musical Keto and Kote (1948), based on the comic opera by Viktor Dolidze, was screened at the Georgian Embassy in...
My English Grandfather (1986) anu chemi ingliseli Papa
Director Nana Djordjadze made the only Georgian film to be nominated for an oscar, A Chef in Love (1996). Her 1986 comedy, My English Grandfather also called Robinson Crusoe in Georgia...