I’m Ilia Jgharkava, a musician and audio engineer from Georgia.

Music has been my closest friend since childhood. I started composing at an early age, and have been creating music continuously ever since. For over a decade, I focused on audio engineering and kept my compositions to myself. Now, I feel it’s time to share my music with others.

You’ll hear both older pieces that stayed with me for years, and new ones I’ve recently brought to life.

The young women's ensemble IALONI performs Georgian Traditional Polyphony.

Based in Tbilisi, it was funded in 2009 by Nino Naneishvili, singer and ethnomusicologist.

In 2016, Ialoni won the 1st prize at the Festival of Folklore of Georgia in the category of women ensembles.

ფონდის საქმიანობის მიზანია ტრადიციული სიმღერა-გალობისა და ხალხური შემოქმედების განვითარებისათვის ხელშეწყობა და პოპულარიზაცია საქართველოში და მის ფარგლებს გარეთ.

Tout avait l’air en mosaïque : les animaux marchaient les pattes vers le ciel sauf l’âne dont le ventre blanc portait des mots écrits et qui changeaient. La tour était une jumelle de théâtre ; il y avait des tapisseries dorées avec des vaches noires ; et la petite princesse en robe noire, on ne savait pas si sa robe avait des soleils verts ou si on la voyait par des trous de haillons

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