An Evening of Vocal Music | Otar Jorjikia, Nino Surguladze, Revaz Javakhishvili

The 28th Manana Doijashvili International Festival “New Year Music Celebrations” presents an evening of vocal music.

On December 15 at 19:00, the Grand Hall of Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire will welcome tenor Otar Jorjikia, mezzo-soprano Nino Surguladze, and conductor Revaz Javakhishvili. They will be joined by the Symphony Orchestra of the Zakaria Paliashvili Tbilisi State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Otar Jorjikia (Tenor) is a Georgian opera singer born in Tbilisi with an internationally acclaimed career. His repertoire prominently features leading tenor roles in operas by Verdi, Puccini, and French composers.

He studied at Tbilisi State Conservatoire, in Vienna, and at the International Opera Studio of Zurich Opera House. He has performed at La Scala in Milan, Sydney Opera House, Zurich Opera House, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, and the Bregenz Festival.

In 2016, he won first prize and the Grand Prix at the Galina Vishnevskaya International Vocal Competition and the Belcanto Academy Competition in Graz. He has shared the stage with Plácido Domingo, René Pape, Anna Netrebko, Sondra Radvanovsky, and other renowned artists.

Nino Surguladze (Mezzo-Soprano) is a Tbilisi-born Georgian opera singer with an international career, celebrated for her warm, velvety voice and exceptional acting abilities.

A graduate of Tbilisi State Conservatoire and the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan, she has performed leading roles at La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Royal Opera House in London, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and Arena di Verona, as well as at the Salzburg and Glyndebourne Festivals.

She has collaborated with Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, and Plácido Domingo. She is a recipient of Georgia's Presidential Order of Excellence and Italy's Order of the Star of Italy. In 2014, she founded the charitable foundation “Wish Tree.”

Revaz Javakhishvili (Conductor) is a graduate of the Choral Conducting Faculty of Tbilisi State Conservatoire and serves as Chief Conductor of the Kutaisi Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Kutaisi Symphony Orchestra.

He completed an internship at the Grand Theatre in Poznań and participated in masterclasses in Genoa and Milan. In 2012, he further developed his skills at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena under the guidance of Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti.

He collaborates with the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre, Georgian Sinfonietta, and Adjara Symphony Orchestra, and appears as a guest conductor with international ensembles, including Israel's Tel-Aviv Soloists, the Skopje Opera Theatre, and the Opole Philharmonic Orchestra.

This special evening will bring together two outstanding voices of the Georgian opera scene, an experienced conductor, and the theatre's symphony orchestra to present some of the finest works of vocal music.

📅 Date: December 15, 2026

🕖 Time: 19:00

📍 Venue: Grand Hall of Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire

Address: 8 Griboedov Street

Featured Composers

The evening's program will include music by:

• Giuseppe Verdi

• Giacomo Puccini

• Georges Bizet

• Camille Saint-Saëns

• Pietro Mascagni

• Nino Rota

• Francesco Cilea

Supporters

The festival's longstanding supporters are the Ministry of Culture of Georgia and Tbilisi City Hall.