Irma Sokhadze

Irma Sokhadze, Georgian ირმა სოხაძე, (born 1958) is a Georgian singer and pianist who performed and toured as an eight-year-old, becoming a child star with "An Orange Song" which was specially written for her. In addition to pop songs, she has specialized in both jazz and classical music and has composed songs to her own lyrics. For 25 years, Sokhadze hosted Georgian television programmes on music, including TV marathons to provide financial support for needy children and their families. In 2014, she appeared in her own special concert in Tbilisi, celebrating a career spanning 50 years.[1][2][3]

Biography

Born on 28 November 1958, Irma Sokhadze was the daughter of a well-to-do family. Her father, a scientist, and her mother, a linguist, introduced her to music when she was just two years old, when she sang at home with her parents and brother. When she was five, she made her first appearace on television, singing one song in Italian and another in Georgian. Two years later, she gained wide popularity singing the "Orange Song" in Moscow, with lyrics specially written for her by Grigory Gorin and Arkady Arkanov to music composed by Konstantin Pevzner.[1] She became a soloist with the Georgian State Orchestra and went on tour to several countries. In 1966, she performed at the Olympia in Paris.[3][4]

As a gifted child, she attended Tbilisi's Central School of Music, matriculating with honours in 1974. She also studied piano and musicology at the Conservatory, graduating with honours in 1979.[1]

From 1980 to 2004, Sokhadze made frequent broadcasts on Georgian television, where she also worked as an editor and author. In particular, in the 1990s she presented a series of marathons as a means of providing support to children who had suffered in the Abkhazia War.[4] She founded the Children's Music Theatre Studio in 1984, presenting musicals she had written herself. In 1988, she played the leading role in Nezhnost' (Tenderness) in Moscow's Operetta Theatre.[3] In 2014, she appeared in her own special concert in Tbilisi, celebrating a career spanning 50 years.[4]

gollark: ***seawyrm***
gollark: AAAGH. Now I missed a copper because I didn't recognize the description.
gollark: I need more celestials so I can *flood the AP*.
gollark: Oh cool, multiclutching.
gollark: Hopefully I'll be able to catch stuff better at home. I kind of doubt it though...

References
  1. "Orange sky of Soviet children". Soviet Art: USSR Culture. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. Bolkvadze, Eva (10 April 2014). "Next celebrity star SIGN at Tbilisi Concert Hall". Georgian Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  3. "Irma Sokhadze". International Festival of Arts: Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. "ირმა სოხაძე" (in Georgian). Biographical Dictionary of Georgia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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