Iriao | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao |
Origin | Georgia |
Genres | |
Years active | 2013–present |
Members | David 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]