Lashari: Georgian choir live | 4:3 Short Film

► It sounds terribly prosaic, but to write about Hamlet Gonashvili and the music of Georgia is like writing about the soul of Georgia itself, the state nestled between the Black Sea and the Caucasus that forms the border between Europe and Asia. Georgia’s history is as rich in cultural diversity as it is unique in the world: the polyphony of traditional music was hundreds of years ahead of the European one and is based on its own score and tone system. The many local traditions and musical forms are amongst