TBC and Iavnana foundations host joint charity concert
Wednesday, September 24
The concert will feature a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem, starring world famous opera singers Lucciana Dintino, Olga Romanko-Primavera and Ramon Vargas together with Paata Burchuladze, the founder of the Iavnana Foundation. The famous Spanish conductor Miguel Gomez-Martinez will direct the Tbilisi Opera and National Music Centre orchestras. The final part of the Requiem, as is traditional, will be performed by the light of thousands of candles.
Apart from TBC Bank and the Iavnana Foundation the other organizers of the event are the Ministry of Culture, Tbilisi Municipality and Elit Electronics. Tickets can be booked at the Opera and Sports Palace booking offices. Anyone who wants to make a donation to the event should dial 30 30 on his mobile.
The TBC Fund was established on August 14, 2008 by TBC Bank on the initiative of its Chairman of the Board Mamuka Khazaradze and contributed GEL 5 million to do so. The fund is now worth more than GEL 7 million. It has already assisted 5,000 IDP children through long term assistance projects designed to facilitate the reestablishment of normal living conditions for children who suffered during the war.
The Iavnana Foundation was established in 2004, since when it has returned around 2,000 children from orphanages to their families. The Foundation has purchased thirty flats for socially vulnerable families which it has given to them gratis. The founder of Iavnana, world famous baritone Paata Burchuladze, has attracted dozens of famous musicians to the charity and each contributes to the needs of Georgian children. He has organised 29 charity events thus far.