TBC Gallery hosted the presentation of the new book entitled “Crucial Color” dedicated to famous Georgian actress, Nana Kipiani.  

The book consists of photos made by famous Georgian photographers, Irina abzhandadze, Guram Tsibakhashvili, Yuri Mechitov, etc, also portraits of Nana Kipiani made by Edmond Kalandadze, Eleonora Shablovskaya and others. Here you can also find poems dedicated to Nana Kipiani and memories about her film-career.

Photographs covering a variety of themes and printed with using a historic photographic technique was exhibited in a framework of a project “Sun Print” at TBC Gallery. Cyanotype photographic priocess was invented by Sir John Herschel in 1842. Usually printed in the dark, the exhibited photos were printed under the sunlight and developed blue images had a graphic effect. Black tea gives a perfect solution for shading photographs and helps to make the image more expressive. Print a negative, stain paper with spots of different forms complimenting the character of an image and then, wait the final result under the influence of the sun rays.... that is the technique which was used by the author of Sun Print - Mindia Midelashvili and TBC Bank, which supported the project.

Georgian Russian Counterpoint  – the book by Yuri Vachnadze was presented at TBC Gallery. The book tells the story of young Georgian state and its development as well as the relationship with Russia. The book consists of articles by Yuri Vachnadze. CD is also enclosed with Vachnadze’s radio programs aired on American radio entitled Svoboda. The book is available in book-stores.

Autism International Day was celebrated at TBC Gallery with an inclusive exhibition where Georgian Autism Association and Ilia University presented works of art by autistic children and students of Ilia university Art School

Japanese professor, Hirokate Maeda presented his new book “Georgians in Iran” at TBC Gallery.  

The book tells the story of Georgian noblemen  – Baratashvilis, Saakadzes, Undiladzes and Marimanidzes. The story is about their life in Iran.

New facts are discovered in this new book of Japanese author, who had been researching Georgia’s history for a long time.

Presentation was held in the frame of Japanese Culture Month- Japanese Spring.

TBC Gallery Hosted the Concert of Federico Mondelci, Famous Italian Saxophonist.  The String Group of the State Symphonic Orchestra and Nikoloz Rachveli, piano - performed at the concert as well.

In the last 20 years, Federico Mondelci has established himself as one of the leading saxophonists of his generation. he has performed as soloist with all the major orchestras in Italy. Numerous compositions have been dedicated to him and subsequently performed and broadcast for many important venues in Europe and America.  

Federico Mondelci has been an active promoter of contemporary music and innovator of instrumental technique.

In TBC Gallery Mondelci performed masterpieces by Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, Nicola Piovani. Loyal customers of TBC Bank attanded the concert.

TBC Gallery hosted the presentation of Lana Ghoghoberidze’s new book “French Poetry”. Georgian film-director and translator herself read poems by French poets: Charles Baudelaire, Paul Valery, Paul Verlaine, Guillaume Apollinaire, Paul Eluard, Jacques Prevert, etc.

TBC Gallery hosted the presentation of Lasha Bugadze’s new book entitled “Navigator”. The play won the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition of 2011. Navigator is the tragic-comedy telling the stories on human solitude. The play is written in a very dinamic way. The author read the episodes from the play himself. Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House published the book and will be available in almostg all book-stores in Tbilisi.

The Day before Tbilisi jazz festival Grammy winner Sonny Emory held a master class for Georgian drummers and jazz performers. Exclusive master class was organized and financed by TBC STATUS, sponsor of Tbilisi Jazz Festival.

For the first time, Georgian drummers were given possibility to attend master class of such a big performer and listen to his advices and comments about technique of playing on drums.

Attending Sonny Emory’s master classes is believed to be a great honor for young drummers and Jazz musicians. Sonny Emory is known as a “Drummer for Stars”. For 20 years of his brilliant career Sonny Emory has played with legends like Earth Wind and Fire; Joe Sample; The Crusaders; Bette Midler; Jennifer Lopez, Stanley Clarke; David Sanborn; Al Jarreau ...

TBC Gallery hosted unique exhibition of Georgian artist, Avto Varazi on 24  of October of this year. TBC Bank gathered famous paintings by Varazi from private collections and gave the people chance to see these unique exhibition after long a pause. Very precious and special paintings like pop-art “Guitanne”, “Portrait of a Book-seller”, “Violin”, “Christ”, “Lady in an Arm-chair”, etc were exhibited at TBC’s Gallery.

The Album named “Avto Varazi” was also presented to the wider society. The author of the newly published album is “The Publishing House of Karchkhadze” in the frame of which new albums of Georgian artists will be published every month. Albums of Gigo Gabashvili and Elene Akhvlediani will be next. TBC Gallery will host these exhibitions and presentations each time.

TBC Gallery hosted the book-presentation of Bidzina Kvernadze, Georgian composer. “Elderly, Sometimes Not”... is the name of the book. Sandro Kancheli is the author and complier. Illustrations are made by Revaz gabriadze.

“Elderly, Sometimes Not”.. is a sort of memory-book about Bidzina Kvernadze. Here are stories based on his everyday life, humorous episodes, ect. Sandro Kancheli, the author of this original idea, collected materials for the book and used the diary of Nugesha Meskhi, the wife of Bidzina Kvernadze.  

The presentation was followed by a small concert. Nani Bregvadze, famous Georgian singer performed Kvernadze’s “Vardebi ar arian”...Nika Nikvashvili was also there to play instrumental music by Bidzina Kvernadze. Composer’s family, friends and colleagues attended the evening at TBC Bank.

TBC Bank organized a presentation of new books of young poet Mikheil Tkebuchava (Gardener) at TBC Gallery. The books are as follows;

• Poems
• Thousand Years of a Second
• Hear is Happiness
• Keyboard of Easel

Mikheil Tkebuchava, born in 1984, Tbilisi, Georgia studied at Iv. Javakhishvili State University. In 2000 graduated from Oxford Summer School. He is the author of 5 books and 6 poems among which is 1000-strophe poem “Thousand Years of a Second”... Mikheil Tkebuchava is the author of short films as well: “The Garden of Poetry”; “Filmpoetry” and “The Church of Poetry”.

On June 14 a concert featuring Tea Chkuaseli (piano), Giorgi Jorjadze (violoncello) and Lela Mchedlidze (violin) was held in TBC Gallery.  

On June 10 TBC Gallery hosted an exhibition of unknown works by Georgian photographer Alexandre Saakov.

On May 28 and through the initiative of Georgia’s first lady Sandra Roelofs, an exhibition named Festival of Colors by painter Paata Khuparadze was held.

On May 17 through the initiative of the Khevi Art House of Patriarchy, TBC Bank hosted an exhibition of pieces of work made from Mokhevian thick felt.
 

On April 26 TBC Bank held a concert performed by a theatrical quartet for its loyal customers in TBC Gallery.  

On March 24 TBC Bank hosted a wonderful evening for jazz listeners. The guest of TBC Gallery was the founder of jazz in Georgia, famous jazz pianist Tamaz (Tatuza) Kurashvili and his band. A documentary “Rythm and Sound” about the story of successful jazz pianist was screened as well.

On february 17, new Album of Bidzina Kvernadze and music papers of his last work ”Requiem” were presented at TBC Gallery. Famous Georgian musicians performed unforgetable songs by Bidzina Kvernadze.

TBC Gallery hosted an unforgetable concert of Eliso Bolkvadze. Famous Georgian pianist performed a one-hour concert for her devoted listeners. 

On May 14 works of Gia Gugushvili were exhibited and a catalog published by Pierre Hesler Art Fund was presented.