The Most Famous
MUSICIANS from Georgia
Top 7
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Georgian Musicians of all time. This list of famous Georgian Musicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Giya Kancheli (1935 - 2019)
With an HPI of 62.04, Giya Kancheli is the most famous Georgian Musician. His biography has been translated into 62 different languages on wikipedia.
Gia Kancheli (Georgian: გია ყანჩელი; 10 August 1935 – 2 October 2019) was a Georgian composer. He was born in Tbilisi, Georgia but resided in Belgium. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kancheli lived first in Berlin, and from 1995 in Antwerp, where he became composer-in-residence for the Royal Flemish Philharmonic. He died in his home city of Tbilisi, aged 84.
2. Eliso Virsaladze (1942 - )
With an HPI of 53.26, Eliso Virsaladze is the 2nd most famous Georgian Musician. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Eliso Virsaladze (Georgian: ელისო ვირსალაძე; born September 14, 1942) is a Georgian pianist.
3. Nani Bregvadze (1938 - )
With an HPI of 47.61, Nani Bregvadze is the 3rd most famous Georgian Musician. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Nani Bregvadze (Georgian: ნანი ბრეგვაძე; born 21 July 1936) is a Georgian and Soviet singer, pianist, music pedagogue, people's artist of the USSR (1983). She was born, raised, and started her career in Soviet Georgia in the USSR, then gained USSR-wide popularity during 1957 6th World Festival of Youth and Students. Bregvadze has performed with Georgian music group VIA Orera and as a solo artist. Bregvadze's signature songs include Snegopad ("Snowfall"), Bolshak (later covered by Alla Pugacheva), and Dorogoi Dlinnoyu (adapted in English as Those Were the Days). After launching a successful solo career in the early 1970s, Bregvadze performed a great number of Russian and Gypsy romances. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1983. As of 2007, Bregvadze lived in Moscow and held the chair in popular and jazz music at the Moscow State Art and Cultural University. She has been an honorary citizen of Tbilisi since 1995.
4. Khatia Buniatishvili (1987 - )
With an HPI of 43.79, Khatia Buniatishvili is the 4th most famous Georgian Musician. Her biography has been translated into 32 different languages.
Khatia Buniatishvili (Georgian: ხატია ბუნიათიშვილი, Georgian pronunciation: [χatʼia buniatʰiʃʷili]; born 21 June 1987) is a Georgian concert pianist.
5. Lisa Batiashvili (1979 - )
With an HPI of 37.87, Lisa Batiashvili is the 5th most famous Georgian Musician. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Elisabeth Batiashvili (Georgian: ელისაბედ ბათიაშვილი; born 7 March 1979), professionally known as Lisa Batiashvili, is a prominent Georgian violinist active across Europe and the United States. A former New York Philharmonic artist-in-residence, she is acclaimed for her "natural elegance, silky sound and the meticulous grace of her articulation". Batiashvili makes frequent appearances at high-profile international events; she was the violin soloist at the 2018 Nobel Prize concert.
6. Giorgi Latso (1978 - )
With an HPI of 35.20, Giorgi Latso is the 6th most famous Georgian Musician. His biography has been translated into 28 different languages.
Giorgi Latso (born Giorgi Latsabidze, Georgian: გიორგი ლაცაბიძე, IPA: [ɡioɾɡi latsabidze]; 15 April 1978) is a Georgian-American concert pianist, film composer, arranger, adjudicator, improviser and Doctor of Musical Arts. He is listed on the list of famous alumni from University of Southern California - Thornton School of Music. Latso has won several international piano competitions and awards. He is best known for his interpretations of Chopin and Debussy. His concerts have been broadcast on radio and television in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
7. Mariko Ebralidze (1984 - )
With an HPI of 29.03, Mariko Ebralidze is the 7th most famous Georgian Musician. Her biography has been translated into 21 different languages.
Mariko Ebralidze (Georgian: მარიკო ებრალიძე; born 1984) is a Georgian jazz singer who represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 along with the group The Shin with the song "Three Minutes to Earth". Born in Tbilisi, Ebralidze studied at the Zakaria Paliashvili music college and the Pedagogical Institute of Music Arts, and received a bachelor's degree as a soloist and teacher in 2008. She had gained popularity in Georgia as a jazz singer. Since 2008, Ebralidze has been a soloist at the Tbilisi Municipality orchestra Big Band.
Pantheon has 7 people classified as musicians born between 1935 and 1987. Of these 7, 6 (85.71%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living musicians include Eliso Virsaladze, Nani Bregvadze, and Khatia Buniatishvili. The most famous deceased musicians include Giya Kancheli. As of April 2022, 1 new musicians have been added to Pantheon including Eliso Virsaladze.
Living Musicians
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Eliso Virsaladze
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Nani Bregvadze
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Khatia Buniatishvili
1987 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Lisa Batiashvili
1979 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Giorgi Latso
1978 - Present
HPI: 35.20
Mariko Ebralidze
1984 - Present
HPI: 29.03
