May 4, 2011
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Tamar Shavlashvili, Tsotne Tsetskhlashvili, and Elene Berieva perform at a concert on 28th of April 2011. Today they have performed Rakhmaninov’s romance for the Catholicos Patriarch at the Patriarchate residence. There is a Jewish singer among the guests, who arrived upon the Patriarch’s blessing to participate into the festival. The singer performed a song in honour of the Ruler of the Georgian Church.
The 2011 Festival Art Director is Alexander Korsantia, a Georgian pianist living in the United States. The first festival “From Easter to Ascension” was organized upon blessing by Catholicos Patriarch in 2006. The festival traditionally begins in Holy Week and ends on Ascension Day.
The 2011 Festival was opened on 27th of April. The Festival is participated by over 400 performers. Sanctus by Catholicos Patriarch is to be performed at a concert on 1st of May 2011.
