Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra

From the Philharmonic website: "Tbilisi Symphony was founded in 1993 by famous Georgian conductor Djansug Kakhidze. He was the artistic director and chief conductor of the orchestra. Under the baton of this outstanding musician the standard of Tbilisi Symphony has risen to international ones. During these years Tbilisi Symphony was on tour in France (1994, 1996, 2001), Switzerland (1994, 1996), Turkey (1995), Luxembourg (1996) and Germany (1999). The orchestra had very successful concerts in such famous concert halls as Salle Pleyel and Theatre de Champs Elyssee in Paris, Symphony Hall in Basel, Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt, Congress Hall in Ankara. Tbilisi Symphony has attended Tibor Varga Festival in Sion, Festival European in Wiltz, Festival Musiquale in Saint Yrieix la Perche, and Sevda Senap Festival in Ankara. The orchestra collaborates with well-known conductors - G. Rozhdestvenski, O.Dimitriadi, G.Nozeda, V.Polianski, A.Skulski. A.Sporri, J.Y.Gaudin, T.Honna and outstanding contemporary composers – M.Legrand, G.Kancheli, A.Tchaikovski, A. Gondai, I.Bardanashvili, B.Kvernadze and V.Kakhidze. Concert programs of Tbilisi Symphony are very diverse including the works by Classical, Romantic and 20th century composers. The orchestra has recorded over 150 musical pieces for SONY Classical and other foreign sound recording companies. Since 2002 the artistic director and chief conductor of Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra is composer, conductor and pianist Vakhtang Kakhidze." (http://www.philharmonia.spb.ru/persa/orch_tbilisi.html)