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GEORGIAN POLYPHONY IN WESTERN TURKEY: ON THE FOOTSTEPS OF PETER GOLD

In 2018 with the financial support of the Georgian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, and “Georgian Chanting Foundation” International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony of Tbilisi State Conservatoire published the book “Georgian Polyphony in Western Turkey: In the footsteps of Peter Gold” (in Georgia, Turkish, English and German); the book was published by WPN Polish Publishers specially for Frankfurt Book Fair.

Tbilisi State Conservatoire (TSC), which is a centre for researching traditional polyphony in Georgia, has been studying for several years already musical culture of the Georgians living in Turkey, particularly musical traditions of the village Hayriye, Inegol district.

Grimaud and Georgian Song

In 2018 with the financial support of the Georgian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, and “Georgian Chanting Foundation” International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony of Tbilisi State Conservatoire published the book “Grimaud and Georgian Song” (in Georgia and English); the book was published by WPN Polish Publishers specially for Frankfurt Book Fair.

IRCTP team visiting Georgian population in Turkey

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On 23-30 August a team of the IRCTP (Baia Zhuzhunadze, Giorgi Khukhunaishvili and Giorgi Gogitadze) with support of “Georgian Chanting Foundation” visited the city of Inegol, Turkey aiming to help local Georgians reviving their singing tradition. A number of songs were restored during their stay. In addition to the songs valunteers were also taught instrumental pieces for chiboni, restored from Ahmed Ozkan Melashvili’s recordings. With the purpose to revive tradition, the performers were given a few instruments as gifts.

At the same time working in a four-language book “Georgian Polyphony in Western Turkey: in the Footsteps of Peter Gold” was completed. Publication presents the musical traditions of village Hairiye, audio and notated examples of songs and instrumental pieces recorded by Ahmet Ozkan Melashvili (1965-1966), Peter Gold (1968) and IRCTP (2015). The collection will be exhibited at Frankfurt Book Fair in October together with the Centre’s another recent publication “Grimaud and Georgian Song”.

#24 BULLETIN

IRCTP published #24 Bulletin (June, 2018) which is available at the website and Facebook page of the center.

The bilingual bulletin of the IRCTP provides the information on the performance and study of traditional music, as well as presents novelties from Georgia’s ethnomusicological life.

Timetible of the 9th symposium

Timetable of the 9th symposium is already available. You can have a look and already plan attending to the favorite events.

Results of the 9th symposium participants’ selection

The process of registration and selection of the scientists and ensembles participating in the 9th International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony (October 30-3 November) has ended!

By the decision of the Symposium Program Committee 45 scientists (30 scholars from 15 countries of the world and 15 from Georgia, as well as British producer Dan Shutt with his documentary about Albanian Iso-Polyphony) have been accepted to participate in the symposium in various formats.

The Symposium offers particularly diverse concert program including concerts of urban music, Georgian fusion and traditional music, with the participation of traditional music ensembles from 7 countries of the world.

#23 Bulletin

IRCTP published #23 Bulletin (December, 2017) which is available at the website and Facebook page of the center.

The bilingual bulletin of the IRCTP provides the information on the performance and study of traditional music, as well as presents novelties from Georgia’s ethnomusicological life.

Public lecture “Music in Tbilisi – past and present“

In January 16 head of the International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony, Rusudan Tsurtsumia and specialist of the center, Teona lomsadze read lecture about “Music in Tbilisi – past and present“. lecture was held at the Zakaria Paliashvili museum.

For further information you can visit following website

Call for papers of the 9th International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony

International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony of Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire and the International Centre for Georgian Folk Song are pleased to announce that The scholars working on the problems of polyphony are invited to participate in the 9^th International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony will be held on 30 October-3 November, 2018, in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Please, carefully read the TIMLINE section and pay

attention to the on-line form of CONFIRMATION OF ACCEPTANCE

Call for papers of the 9th Symposium 2018

IRCTP specialist Nino Razmadze’s success

The IRCTP team is happy to announce that specialist of the center Nino Razmadze won Edisher and Giorgi (Gigi) Garakanidze scholarship, established by Georgian Chanting Foundation. We congratulate Nino and wish farther success in her career!

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