Tsinandali Award juries unveil nominees in arts, science
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Eight of Georgia’s brightest young talents in arts and sciences will be unveiled at this year’s Tsinandali Award ceremony, with nominees unveiled on Wednesday.
Juries of the competition revealed shortlists of three nominees in each of the eight categories ahead of the main event.
The 24 individuals were picked for recognition under the seventh edition of the contest which honours innovation and quality in creative or research work.
Theatre director Guram Matskhonashvili is nominated for this year's awards. Photo: Tsinandali Award.
The shortlist includes conductor Kakhi Solomnishvili and electronic music producer Kordz in the Music Award, visual artists Luka Tsetskhladze and Gvantsa Jishkariani and theatre director Guram Matskhonashvili.
Other nominees include film director Giga Baindurashvili, author Mari Bekauri and physicist Eka Gurgenashvili.
The full list of nominees in the eight categories of the Award is:
- Natural Sciences Award: Manuchar Gvaramia, Eka Gurgenashvili, Omar Chaligava/Ana Kvlividz/Tolkha Shetekauri
- Humanitarian Sciences Award: Shota Matitashvili, Nino Tabeshadze, Natia Jangulashvili
- Theatrical Art Award: Mariam Gagloshvili, Ketevan Giorgadze, Guram Matskhonashvili
- Cinema Art Award: Giga Baindurashvili, Giorgi Tavartkiladze, Bakar Cherkezishvili
- Visual Arts Award: Giorgi Vardiashvili, Luka Tsetskhladze, Gvantsa Jishkariani
- Music Award: Kakhi Solomnishvili, Irma Gigani, Alexandre Kordzaia (Kordz)
- Literary Fiction Award for Poetry: Roin Abuselidze, Nini Eliashvili, Giorgi Shonia
- Literary Fiction Award for Prose: Zura Abashidze, Mari Bekauri, Tsotne Tskhvediani
Winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony on December 11 at Tbilisi State Conservatoire. The event will involve a gala concert of artists and bands including the Georgian Sinfonietta, Zagareli and Strings and Sophie Villy.
Gvantsa Jishkariani is among the three nominees of the Visual Arts Award. Photo: Tsinandali Award.
The Tsinandali Award was established in 1998 under the auspices of the late chairman of the Parliament of Georgia Zurab Zhvania.
It was discontinued for over a decade before it was reintroduced in 2014 by the President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili, and the first ceremony since its reinstatement was held in 2015.
Now organised by the Zurab Zhvania Foundation, the awards are prepared and staged by selected young artists in a bid to underline the focus of the event on the young generation.
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