Nino Katamadze ( ka, ნინო ქათამაძე; born 21 August 1972) is a
Georgian jazz
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singer
and artist.
Biography
Nino Katamadze was born in
Kobuleti
Kobuleti ( ka, ქობულეთი ) is a town in Adjara, western Georgia, situated on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. It is the seat of Kobuleti Municipality and a seaside resort, visited annually by Georgians and many former Soviet Union ...
, Adjara, Soviet Georgia in 1972. In 1990, she entered the vocal department of the Batumi Music Institute ZP Paliashvili. After finishing the Institute was in various groups and participated in a variety of musical projects. In 2002, Katamadze had her first international tour in different countries across Europe.
In 2006, her album "White" became very successful and was released in Georgia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine, France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Sales exceeded 700,000 copies. In January 2010, she played a part in an improvised opera "Bobble" with a wordless libretto written by Bobby McFerrin and staged in Russia.
Discography
Albums
* ''Ordinary Day''
* ''Nino Katamadze & Insight''
* ''Start new peaceful day'' (Live
DVD
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)
* ''White'' (2006)
* ''Black'' (2006)
* ''Blue'' (2008)
* ''Red'' (2010)
* ''Green'' (2011)
* ''Yellow'' (2016)
Soundtracks
* Mermaid (film, 2008)
*
Heat (2006 film)
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* Apple
* Orange Sky
* Road to the Savior
* Indi (2007)
*
The Ghost (film, 2008)
References
External links
Official Site - Nino KatamadzeLiveJournal - Nino Katamadze
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1972 births
Living people
21st-century women singers from Georgia (country)
People from Kobuleti
Women singer-songwriters
Jazz singers from Georgia (country)
Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence