FULL HIBLA GERZMAVA INVITES Bedia 2024
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Hibla Gerzmava invites
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: Bedia Cathedral, Abkhazia, Georgia
- Recorded: August 18, 2024
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Hibla Gerzmava
- Conductor: Lev Kontorovich
- Orchestra:
- Chorus: Academic Grand Choir "Masters of Choral Singing"
- Chorus Master: Lev Kontorovich
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: ORPHEUS
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: ORPHEUS FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
On August 18, as part of the XXII Music Festival “Khibla Gerzmava Invites…” at the foot of the ancient Bedia Cathedral – an architectural monument of the 10th century, a concert was held dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Dmitry Gulia – an outstanding Abkhaz scholar, educator, teacher and poet, creator of the Abkhaz alphabet and founder of national literature.
The program included works by W.A. Mozart, J.S. Bach, V. Bellini, F. Schubert, F. Chopin in choral arrangements, as well as arrangements of Russian and Abkhaz folk songs.
The ancient temple built on a mountain plateau by King Bagrat III is one of the most picturesque places in Abkhazia, with a magnificent view of the Black Sea coast and the peaks of the Main Caucasian Ridge. For the first time in its centuries-old history, the cathedral complex was transformed into a concert venue. Khibla Gerzmava sang with the Academic Grand Choir “Masters of Choral Singing” under the direction of People’s Artist of the Russian Federation Lev Kontorovich.
The group, founded in 1928 as the Vocal Ensemble of the All-Union Radio Committee, will celebrate its centenary in the near future. It received the title “Masters of Choral Singing” for its highest performing skills.