Iriao

Iriao
Iriao in 2018
Iriao in 2018
Background information
Also known asEthno-Jazz Band Iriao
OriginGeorgia
Genres
Years active2013–present
MembersDavid Malazonia
Nugzar Kavtaradze
Bidzina Murgulia
Levan Abshilava
Shalva Gelekva
George Abashidze
Mikheil Javakhishvili

Iriao (Georgian: ირიაო), also known as Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao, are a Georgian jazz and ethno folk group, led by David Malazonia (composition and keyboard). The band plays a combination of traditional Georgian polyphonic singing and jazz.[citation needed] They performed at the 2014 edition of the Borneo Jazz Festival in Malaysia.[1] They represented Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal with the song "Sheni gulistvis" (English: "For You").[2]

References

  1. ^ "Borneo Jazz - Iriao". Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Music band Iriao will present Georgia at 2018 ESC - 1TV". 1TV. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2018 		Succeeded by