Save the Date for Viviana

Ertad Siketistvis (Let’s Do Good Together) is a charity foundation created two years ago by a small group of young Georgian tenors, sopranos, mezzos, baritones, basses and instrumentalists: Zura Iashvili, Levan Abutidze, Philipe Gachava and Irakli Murjikneli, who aim to use their talent to raise money for some of Georgia’s most needy.

Their last event raised 350 gel for a single mother and her daughter living in abject poverty, though the Tbilisi event itself is said to have been exceptional: the National Parliamentary Library main hall packed full of opera lovers there to listen to Georgian opera singers, interns and Tbilisi Music Conservatory students perform.

The next event is scheduled for Friday, May 12 at Kutaisi Opera House and will see the joint performances of Tbilisi and Kutaisi opera soloists, interns, and students, with an orchestra conducted by Revaz Javakhishvili. The total money raised will be delivered to the family of one-year-old Viviana Kviria, who needs to go to Turkey for treatment for an oxygen deficiency problem. She has already had pneumonia seven times in her short life and Georgian doctors are unable to correctly diagnose her. She is currently in an intensive care unit. 15,000 usd is needed to send her to Turkey for medical care. The Georgian Ministry of Health has allocated only 2430 gel. Her mother, Marita Vardzelashvili, is a Kutaisi opera orchestra violinist.

If you cannot attend but wish to donate, you can use the VTB Bank account: GE61VT1000002064644506 (Marita [Maia] Vardzelashvili) or Bank of Georgia: GE06BG0000000992110300 (Shota Kviria)

WHERE: Kutaisi Opera House, Tsminda Nino 13, Kutaisi City

WHEN: May 12, 7PM

By Katie Ruth Davies