Irakli Murjikneli

Irakli Murjikneli studied at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University Drama Faculty (2000-2004). In 2009, he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Music and in 2011, his Master’s Degree, after graduating from the Tbilisi State Conservatoire (under the supervision of Prof. T. Gugushvili). He has also worked with such eminent musicians as Nodar Andghuladze, Axel Everaert, Verena Keller, Neil Andrew Baker, Alexander Khomeriki, Gocha Bezhuashvili, Natela Nicoli and Giacomo Aragall. During his studies he sang several parts at the Conservatory's Opera Studio: Bastien in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Bastien und Bastienne” (2005), Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” (2008), Duke of Mantua in Giuseppe Verdi's “Rigoletto” (2009) and Ernesto in Gaetano Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale”, wh