Giorgi Jordania

After finishing his studies in Tbilisi Conservatory and the Leningrad  (recently Saint Petersburg) Conservatory in 1989, Jordania continued his education in the United States. Under the tutelage of

his father, renowned  conductor Vakhtang Jordania, he completed his Master's Degree at the 

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He worked as an assistant conductor while at the 

University, conducting numerous symphony concerts. On July 4, 1990, he made his professional 

American debut with the Chattanooga Symphony, entertaining a crowd of 30 thousand people. 

Upon his return to Georgia, Jordania started to work as a conductor of the Tbilisi State Academic 

Theatre of Opera and Ballet. In 1991, after tours of Georgia and  later in  the Ukraine, he was 

appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Kharkov State Academic Theatre as well as Kharkov 

Philharmonic Orchestra.  In 1995, his debut with the Russian Federal Orchestra in Moscow was 

hailed as a great success. This was the beginning of his international recognition.  

His guest engagements have included appearances with orchestras in Denver, Colorado, Phoenix, 

Arizona, with the Cape Town Philharmonic in South Africa, Daegu City symphony in South Korea 

Romanian Radio Orchestra in Bucharest to name a few. 

During the period of 1999-2003  Giorgi Jordania was a  Chief Conductor of the Georgian State 

Chamber Orchestra. In April of 2000, the GSCO, conducted by Giorgi Jordania, took part in a  tour 

"Pilgrimage from Europe to Jerusalem", visiting and playing concerts in Europe’s major cities with 

the final concert on Good Friday at the Dormicion Church in Jerusalem. After that Giorgi Jordania 

together with the GSCO and the well known violinist, Liana Issakadze began touring all throughout 

Europe, appearing in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland,  Italy  and Spain. 

They also performed charitable concerts  touring throughout their native Georgia, and for the 

Georgian community in Paris and Leville, France. In 2000 together with Liana Issakadze he founded 

Borjomi Chamber Music Festival in Georgia, where he was a Chief Conductor until 2003. 

In 2001, Jordania became a Laureate of the First Prize and the winner of the Grand-Prix of the "New 

Millennium first International Competition of Conductors" held in Kharkov, Ukraine. The same year 

he became a Laureate of the prestigious "State Prize of Georgia". 

Starting from 2002 he is regularly invited to the various competitions. 2005 in Ukraine and 2006 in 

USA he served as a jury member of Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition. 

In 2008 Jordania founded another festival  –  Tbilisi Easter Art festival and became its Artistic 

Director and General Manager. 

Recently in 2013 he has been appointed as a General and Artistic Director of Tbilisi State Academic 

Theatre of Opera and Ballet.