Tbilisi Alexander Griboedov State Russian Theatre was packed for the concert of famous Russian singer Andrey Makarevich.

Experimental School Number 1 hosted an exhibition of young painters, with 9th grade pupils showing landscape and portrait art – done mostly in pencil and oil – they have been working on for the last month.

Literature Museum named after Giorgi Leonidze, hosted the presentation of a new book, issued by the Publishing House of Bakur Sulakauri “Who Killed Chaika”. Author of the book is Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili. This is the second novel and fifth book by the author who explained why it could be interesting for Georgian reader. It is a crime story about the murder of an ordinary woman, called ‘Chaika’. It is a “scary, dark, entangled story” and everyone but one man knows everything about it; and that man is an investigator. It is very Tbilisian, Georgian story full of sweet, fairy emotions that can be compared to modern Georgian cinema and its mood; a bit poetic, mystical and striking.

There are many mysteries and legends connected to Niko Pirosmani, but story of his lost grave is most mystifying. There were attempts to find his grave but in vain. This subject is still active and attracts many people who want to do their bit regarding this topic. Neli Kobiashvili, researcher of Pirosmani’s life and author of book “Looking for Pirosmani” talked to Georgian Journal about the history of searching of Pirosmani’s grave.

Back in 1964, Georgian State Chamber Orchestra was founded. Since then, it had several directors and conductors. In 1991, under the leadership of outstanding Georgian female violinist Liana Isakadze, they went to Germany where they still work. Just 5 years ago, Tbilisi State Chamber Orchestra – Georgian Sinfonietta was founded under the patronage of Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs, the First Lady of Georgia, and the Ministry of Culture of Georgia. Georgian Journal met with its Director Constantine Kasradze to learn about their present-day activities.

Tbilisi Concert Hall hosted a concert from singer Tamar Gverdtsiteli, as well as the ceremony of opening of her star, on March 15. The singer performed both well-known and new songs, while chairs had to be added in the hall to accommodate the entire audience.

Organizers of the planned June 5 Tbilisi Open Air music festival – South Caucasus’ biggest event of this type – spoke to the media at a press conference.

Water can be made to appear to flow in a remarkable corkscrew shaped stream by means of a simple experiment involving the right frequency of bass and a video camera with an adjustable frame rate.

Arturo Sandoval’s Cuban Fire at Tbilisi Concert Hall

“I have a lot of expectations to see how they are gonna react to our music. Does not matter how beautiful is the city, how nice are the people, but if they don’t like our music…” Such humble was Mr. Arturo Sandoval’s disposition a day before the great concert at Tbilisi Concert Hall on March 8. However, Tbilisi city managed to mesmerize the maestro with its beauty and the latter more than managed to hypnotize its dwellers who will most probably talk about the performers for weeks to come.