Iriao | |
Landscape: | yes |
Origin: | Georgia |
Years Active: | 2013–present |
Current Members: | David Malazonia Nugzar Kavtaradze Bidzina Murgulia Levan Abshilava Shalva Gelekva George Abashidze Mikheil Javakhishvili |
Alias: | Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao |
Iriao (Georgian: ირიაო), also known as Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao, are a Georgian jazz and ethno folk group, led by David Malazonia (composition and keyboard). The band plays a combination of traditional Georgian polyphonic singing and jazz. They performed at the 2014 edition of the Borneo Jazz Festival in Malaysia.[1] They represented Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal with the song "Sheni gulistvis" (English: "For You").[2]