Anchiskhati Choir from Tbilisi, Georgia

The Anchiskhati Choir from Georgia (Eastern Europe) -- the world's leading exponent of Georgian polyphonic choral music -- will be performing two concerts this week in Washington, D.C., and will also be conducting an afternoon workshop. Additionally, there is a musicological lecture on Georgian and Caucasian music this Thursday, at noon, at the Library of Congress. (contact 202 707-2743)

When not touring, the Choir sings weekly at the famous 6th c. Anchiskhati Church in Tbilisi, Georgia.

The concert dates in this area are November 16 at 7 PM at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist ( on upper 17th Street, N.W.), and November 20, at Saint Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral on Massachusetts Avenue (concert at 8 PM; workshop from 2:30 to 4:30 PM).

Full details of the Choirs Fall 2005 American tour is available at:

http://www.villageharmony.org/concerts/
anchiskhati.html#PA_VA_DC

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With thanks to singer and musicologist David Gillman; the ensemble's facilitator in Boston, Massachusetts.














The Anchiskhati Church Tblisi, Georgia

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