Group Kavkasioni & Eller Girls’ Choir - Cork International Choral Festival

GROUP KAVKASIONI
The group “Kavkasioni” (Caucasus) was formed in 2013, in the city of Chorotskhu, Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti region.
 
Kavkasioni is a folk band performing folk and choral music from all corners of Georgia. These performances are presented with Georgian traditional dance and musical instruments in combination with modern elements, such as contemporary music instruments. The group’s repertoire also includes sacred music and church hymns.
 
The group participated in almost every radio and TV shows in Georgia, both competitively and non-competitively. The group’s experience includes performances abroad, including Israel and United Arab Emirates.

Ellers Girls’ Choir
Eller Girls’ Choir was founded in 2010, when a choir studio emerged at Heino Eller Tartu Music College. Its singers are young women aged 17-24 who study at various high schools or universities in Tartu. Taking part in international competitions and festivals has been an important part of the choir’s activities, alongside with concerts at school and in Tartu. In 2013 the choir won 1st prize in Malta at the International Choir Competition in the youth choirs’ category. In 2015 Eller Girls’ Choir won 1st prize in the youth choirs’ category and 2nd prize in the sacred music category at the International Canta al Mar Competetion in Spain, in addition to being awarded a special prize for their interpretation of “Peace upon you, Jerusalem” by Arvo Pärt. In 2017 the choir took part in City of Derry International Choir Festival and returned with 1st prize, also earning the Bishop’s Gate Hotel Award for an outstanding performance of a work composed before 1750 by performing “Fair Phyllis” by John Farmer.