The Gori International Choir Music Festival
The precondition of the foundation of the Festival was the presence of a choir of international distinction in Gori and the celebration of choir music in 1985. Among the participants of the Festival were distinguished ensembles - the Novosibirsk State Philharmonic Chamber Choir (Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Boris Pevzner), Laureate of international competitions, and the Vladimir Choir (Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Eduard Markin), Laureate of international festivals, which triggered the idea of the organization of the Gori International Choir Music Festival.
May 13-17,1986
Participants of Gori I International Choir Music Festival:
1. The Moscow State Chamber Choir, Artistic Director and Conductor Valeri Polianski, Laureate of international competition (Russia).
2. The Chamber Choir of the Rostov Music Teacher's Training College and the Choir Society, Artistic Director and Conductor Yuri Vasilyev, Laureate of international competition (Russia).
3. The Novosibirsk State Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Artistic Director and Conductor Boris Pevzner, the RSFSR Honoured Art Worker, Laureate of international competition (Russia).
4. TheChamber Choir the Moldavian Trade Unions Palace of Culture and the Musical Choir Society, Artistic Director and Conductor Efim Bogdanovski, Honoured Art Worker of Moldavia (Moldavia).
5. The Chamber Choir of the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Preserve, Artistic Director and Conductor Eduard Markin, the RSFSR Honoured Art Worker, Laureate of international competition (Russia)
6. The Tallinn Chamber Choir, Artistic Director Kuno Arengim, People's artist of Estonia Conductor Ants Iuleoa (Estonia).
7. The Tartu State University Choir, Conductors Karin Heme and Kalev Lindal (Estonia).
8. The Gori Music College Girls' Choir, Artistic Director and Conductor Shalva Mosidze, Honoured Artist of Georgia, the Georgian Lenin Komsomol prize winner (Georgia).
9. The Telavi Music College Girls' Chamber Choir, Artistic Director and Conductor Pavle Demurishvili, Honoured Art Worker of Georgia (Georgia).
10. Cappella "Unison" of the Pupils Artistic Education Centre of Tbilisi Popular Collegeing Department, Artistic Director and Conductor Avtandil Chkhenkeli (Georgia)
May 13-18,1988
Participants of Gori II International Choir Music Festival:
1. The Chamber Choir of the Leningrad State Institute of Culture, Artistic Director and Conductor Nikolai Komev (Russia).
2. People's Choir "Daile", Honoured Ensemble of Latvia, Artistic Director and Conductor Gvido Kokars, People's artist of Latvia (Latvia).
3. The Tartu State University Choir, Conductors Karin Heme and Kalev Lindal (Estonia).
4. Women's Chamber Choir "Yerevan", of the Palace of Culture of the Armenian State Vocational Education, Artistic Director and Conductor Artur Veranian (Armenia).
5. The Chamber Choir of the Voronezh State Institute of Art, Artistic Director and Conductor Oleg Shepel, the RSFSR Honoured Art Worker (Russia).
6. The Perm District Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Artistic Director and Conductor Vladislav Novik (Russia).
7. Georgian State Cappella, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Boris Pevzner, the RSFSR Honoured Art Worker, Laureate of international competition (Georgia).
8. The International Children’s Cappella Choir of the Abkhazian Youg Pioneer and Pupils Palace, Artistic Director and Conductor Guram Qurashvili (Georgia).
9. The Gori Music College Girls Chamber Choir, Artistic Director and Conductor Shalva Mosidze, Honoured Artist of Georgia, the Georgian Lenin Komsomol prize winner (Georgia).
10. The Telavi Music College Chamber Choir, Artistic Director and Conductor Pavle Demurishvili, Honoured Art Worker of Georgia (Georgia)
May 14-18,1990
Participants of Gori III International Choir Music Festival:
1. Vocal Ensemble A cappella, Lyons, Director Marcel Comeloup (France).
2. The Chamber Choir, Pamplona, Director Jose Luis Eslava (Spain).
3. The Youth Academic Choir, Nikolayev, Director Svetlana Fominikh (Ukraine).
4. The State Radio and TV Committee Chamber Choir, Yerevan, Director Tigran Ekekyan (Armenia)
5. The Music Society Choir, Tbilisi, Director Shalva Mosidze (Georgia)
6. The International Children's Cappella Choir of the Abkhazian Students Palace, Sukhumi, Director Guram Qurashvili (Georgia)
7.The Music college Womens Chamber Choir, Telavi, Director Pavle Demurishvili (Georgia)
8. The Music college Women's Chamber Choir, Gori, Director Shalva Mosidze (Georgia)
9. The III Music college Women's Chamber Choir, Tbilisi, Director Luiza Putkaradze (Georgia)
10. The Music college Women's Chamber Choir, Batumi, Director Marine Lomtatidze (Georgia)
June 5-8,1996
Participants of Gori IV International Choir Music Festival:
1. The Niko Sulkhanishvili State Cappella Choir of Georgia, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Givi Munjishvili, People's artist of Georgia (Georgia)
2. The Azerbaijanian State Cappella, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Gulbaji Imanova (Azerbaijan)
3. Rustavi College of Art Cappella Choir, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor
Teimuraz Janelidze (Georgia)
4. The Vladimir Boys' Cappella, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Eduard Markini, People's artist of Russia (Russia)
5. The Armenian State Radio and TV Chamber Choir, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Tigran Ekekyan (Armenia)
6. The Gori Sulkhan Tsintsadze Music College Women's Chamber Choir, Artistic Director and Conductor Shalva Mosidze, People's artist of Georgia, Zakaria Paliashvili State and International Competitions prizes winner (Georgia)
The organization of Gori IV International Choir Music Festival is planned for June 2007