The FINANCIAL — The cultural life of Tbilisi has entered its most active phase for autumn 2011.
Besides many of the cultural events being organized in the different regions of Georgia, Tbilisi municipality is preparing to hold the most important festival of the season – Tbilisoba, the annual celebration that takes place in Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi. The celebration is scheduled to run from October 7-9.
Tbilisoba will be opened by the Altervision Newcomers concert, an alternative music concert that supports and popularizes upcoming bands in Georgia. The event will take place near Tbilisi Sports Palace on October 7 at 20:00 p.m. At the concert, professional and upcoming musicians will perform on one stage. A trade show of antique and modern automobiles held on Metekhi Bridge will be one of the main highlight of Tbilisoba.
A traditional winepress will be set up in Rike Park. Guests of the Tbilisoba festival can take part in crushing Georgian grapes to make them into wine.
The Tbilisoba schedule includes several exhibitions including The Firmament for a Crown, an art project created by Irma Sharikadze. Zaal Sulakauri will provide drawing lessons at the Abanotubani. The Fruit Festival will also take place on Meidani on 8 October. The awards ceremony of literature competition Gala, Georgian musicians’ concerts, Georgian DJ performances, awards ceremony of Honoured Tbilisi Residences, play Keto da Kote in Rustaveli Theatre and concert of the Georgian ensemble Erisioni will all be part of the Tbilisoba celebration.
2011 is the third year of the Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre. One of the most important cultural events in Tbilisi is taking place from 14 September and will last till 8 October. It is also one of the major events in the international life of Georgia. Theatregoers enjoy the opening of the festival with “The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer,” where the world-known actor John Malkovich plays the key role with the musical background provided by Vienna Academy Orchestra.
“Not only is it becoming one of the main performing arts events in the Caucasus, attracting the attention of the most well-known, creative, provocative and innovative theatre productions from the world, it is a meeting point of Europe and Asia, of many countries and places in one of the most beautiful, warm and unique theatrical and cultural capitals – Tbilisi,” Festival organizers note.
“It is only the beginning of the beginning and there are more unrealized ideas in our plans for the future than there are accomplished projects in our first three years. But there is something – something that we already consider to be the biggest achievement for the festival: its public. Public interest is increasing and, with that interest, the quality of discussion around each performance and for the festival as a whole grows ever higher,” notes Ekaterina Mazmishvili, Festival Director.
Not just Tbilisi, but different parts of Georgia also hosted some festivals recently, including the Cheese Festival in Sighnaghi, Kakheti.
“60 types of cheese, transported from different regions in the country, were presented at the event. All participants of the festival were able to taste any type of cheese they liked. At the festival, presentation of a revived technology for preparing a unique type of cheese stuffing was also held. Different accessories and souvenirs made of cheese were also available at the festival.
From September 17-24 Batumi hosted the Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF). BIAFF is an annual event and the festival is focusing on Art-House cinema. The goal of the festival is to become the premier international film festival in the Black Sea region. The aim of BIAFF is the popularization of cinema, development of cultural relationships and exchange of experience between Georgian and foreign cinematographers.
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