VIDEO: Azerbaijan photographers for Tiflis Open Air 2010

CONCERT: Zugdidi - Music Breaks Walls! Stars in concert in Georgia. (tbilisiopenair.com)

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World-known Stars and Georgian musicians supporting IDPs

On May 26, 2010 -from 18:00 p.m. to 23:00 p.m. a concert will take place with famous world stars and Georgian musicians in Zugdidi at the Central Square. Earlier that day a solidarity march will take place at the Enguri Bridge. This event aims to express solidarity for IDPs and to announce to the world – Music Breaks Walls!

World-known stars like: Youssou N' Dour, MC Solaar, Jane Birkin, Youssoupha, Grace, Maia.K will perform at this event free of charge.

The main goal of their visit is to support IDPs in Georgian, to direct the attention of the international society and media towards the problems of the IDP's.

There are more than 350, 000 IDPs in Georgia; (internally displaced persons as a result of Russian-Georgian War in August 2008, conflicts in Abkhazia in 1991-93) and Tskhinvali region in 1991.

150 special guests will visit Georgia, including musicians, public figures, officials, politicians, NGOs and journalists from leading media agencies;

Guests are visiting Georgia on invitation by NGO Coalition For Justice and two French NGOs – UEJF & Coalition Against Racism.

The Event is planned and organized by ALTERVISION GROUP.

“There are more than 350, 000 IDPs in Georgia. There are people left without homes, expelled from their own land. Coalition for Justice aims to bring the world attention to this issue. A benefit concert by world famous musicians and Georgian artists, together with international NGOs, public figures, officials, politicians will resonate across the world”- says Vera Kobalia, Head of NGO Coalition for Justice;

ALTERVISION GROUP supports and shares the main goal and direction of the project.

“World famous musicians, International and local NGOs, private companies and other famous people consolidation give us opportunity to say that such projects are of great importance for IDP's. Alter Vision Group shares and supports the aim of the project and uses all the resources to make this an issue of international importance" said Irakli Nadareishvili of ALTERVISION GROUP.

Before the concert in Zugdidi, May 26th, 2010, Georgian musicians will perform at small scale concerts in Senaki (May 16th) and in Kutaisi (May 22nd).

Georgian musicians and project organizers call upon Georgian society to join the Zugdidi concert and support Georgian IDPs.

links:

www.myspace.com/openairtbilisi

www.tbilisiopenair.com

EXHIBITION: "Open Iron Curtain" (tbilisiopenair.com)

Will be opened at Hippodrome, on July 22, at 8 p.m.

The submission of applications for the photo-exhibition - Open Iron Curtain - ended on 1th of July.
More than 50 professional photographers' works were submitted. The qualified photographs will be selected by judges.
The creative prints were successfully received from Berlin Wall Museum too.

Source: www.tbilisiopenair.com

TBILISI OPEN AIR: What was the meaning of this Festival?

Yesterday I was the second time of the Tbilisi Open Air Festival on the former weekend. Today in the media you could find some articles about this event. At the time you can ask what should the this Open Air Spectacle and the spectacle of Eurovision meaning for the official discussion. Undoubted both were political musicians events. Also Mikhail Saakashvili was to see near the stage yesterday. On the screen I could him see very smiling. This smiling was also for the Television. Twice things are interesting: In my oppinion it should be a media pressure to the opposition which fight with blockaded streets in Tbilisi for the resign Saakashvilis and in secound it is a answer to the political modivation of the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow from which Georgia was banned.

more here:
Eurovision: Ethnic rivalry wins over kitsch in the Caucasus (Caucasian Knot)
Using Rock Concerts to Shape Georgia's Politics (Moscow Times)
Alternative Eurovision in Tbilisi (blogs.telegraph.co.uk)


Some Photos by Ralph Haelbig



Some Photos by Gela Bedianashvili

FESTIVAL: Tbilisi Open Air - Music Breaks Free! (tbilisiopenair.com)

Three Days can you visit the Tbilisi Open Air Festival in Georgia. Start is today.

Fusion of styles, spirit of freedom, fantastic atmosphere of Open Air event, bands from all over the world, thousands of visitors, amazing venues, crazy parties… All these make Tbilisi Open Air an outstanding European music event!

Sites of Old Tbilisi blowing up with music, unique Festival City at Tbilisi Hippodrome and some of the best night venues of Tbilisi will welcome you to unforgettable performances and funky parties. Your time at Tbilisi Open Air will become a thrilling experience.

Tbilisi Open Air is a place where, in an atmosphere freed of all kinds of politics and social clichés, artists and music fans from Georgia and abroad will meet, fuse, exchange, learn, enjoy some great music and very special ambiance. Proudly, Tbilisi Open Air will be the first event of this scale and sophistication to take place in our part of the world to serve this purpose.

These three days we will spend together will turn our Festival into a formidable tradition and our acquaintance - into a friendship!

Tbilisi Open Air - Music Breaks Free from Irakli Matkava on Vimeo

May 15 – Old Tbilisi - Shardeni - 18pm

• 18:00 Smile (Georgia)
• 19:00 Play Paranoid (Georgia)
• 20:00 The Travelling Band (United Kingdom)
• 21:00 Cheese People (Russia)
• 22:00 The Black & Reds (United Kingdom)
• 23:00 Transglobal Underground (United Kingdom)

May 16 – Hippodrome - 16pm

• 16:00 Keti Orjonikidze And Dr. Saga's Funk Rock Project (Georgia)
• 17:00 ANDY (Poland)
• 18:00 Curry And Coco (France)
• 19:00 Laki Lan (Poland)
• 20:00 The Haggis Horns (United Kingdom)
• 21:00 Motel Connection (Italy)
• 22:00 Jazzanova Live feat. Paul Randolph (Germany)
• 23:00 The Dhol Foundation (United Kingdom)

May 17 – Hippodrome - 16pm

• 16:00 Rook And The Ravens (United Kingdom)
• 17:00 Brooklyn (France)
• 18:00 String (Georgia)
• 19:00 Cynic Guru (Iceland)
• 20:00 The Blue Van (Denmark)
• 21:00 Dubstepler (Russia / Ukraine)
• 22:00 Ten Bears (United Kingdom)
• 23:00 Stephane & 3G (Georgia)
• 23:10 Fred Falke (France)

tbilisiopenair.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/openairtbilisi
www.myspace.com/steprecords

more here:
* Music Breaks Free at Tbilisi Open Air (finchannel.com)
* join.ge
* Tbilisi Open Air: "It will be groovy!" (georgiatoday.ge)
* Music Breaks Free: Tbilisi to Host Alternative Eurovision (geotimes.ge)