FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 28, 2001

Vakhtang Jordania Appointed Artistic Director of South Korea's Daegu City
Symphony Orchestra

Vakhtang Jordania has been appointed Artistic Director of South Korea's
Daegu City Symphony orchestra.  This appointment requires Maestro Jordania
to be in Korea for 15 weeks and do 10 concerts with the orchestra in 2002.

Maestro Jordania, who currently lives just outside of Washington DC,
was born in the Republic of Georgia, where he studied piano from the
age of five.  After graduating from the Tbilisi Conservatory, he studied
symphonic and operatic conducting at the Leningrad Conservatory, graduating
with honors.  A top prize at the 1971 Herbert von Karajan Competition
catapulted him to the highest circle of Soviet artistry.  >From his
assistantship with the legendary Yevgeny Mravinsky until his defection to
the United States in 1983, Mr. Jordania held positions as music director
of the Leningrad Radio Orchestra, the Saratov Philharmonic, and the Kharkiv
Philharmonic.  The Tchaikovsky Competition was under his baton twice.
Conducting for more than one hundred concerts a year, he regularly toured
the USSR, collaborating with musicians such as David and Igor Oistrakh,
Leonid Kogan, Dmitri Shostakovich, Kiril Kondrashin, and Emil Gilels.

Immediately after his defection, he made his Carnegie Hall debut,
which was hailed by the New York Times as "a confident and spirited
performance...the full house leaped to its feet." Success quickly
followed in France, Germany, Austria, Holland, Belgium, Japan, Korea,
Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and South America.  In the United States,
his appearances in New York, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis,
Rochester, Denver and Fort Worth brought more critical acclaim.  Since his
defection, he has held music director and/or principal guest conductor
positions with the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, the Spokane Symphony,
the Korean Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra in Seoul, and currently
with the Russian Federal Orchestra of Moscow and Kharkov Philharmonic of
Ukraine, with whom he is appointed for life.  Visit their website at
http://www.jamesarts.com/KHRKVPHILWEBPAGE.htm.

Mr. Jordania has regularly conducted at many prestigious opera houses,
including Russia's Bolshoi and Kirov theaters and, in the United States,
with the Minnesota Opera, where he conducted the North American premiere
of Dvorak's Rusalka.  He is currently the artistic advisor of the Kharkov
Opera.  His webpage is at http://www.jamesarts.com/vakjo2.htm.

His recordings began in the Soviet Union, where he recorded extensively
for the Melodiya label.  He recorded many soundtracks, including the
award-winning film Dersu Uzala, directed by Akira Kurosawa.  He has also
recorded for Koch International Classics, Soundset Summit, Helicon, Trained
Ear, Cantabile, and Angelok 1 and been nominated for Grammy Awards.  For
more about his recordings, visit the Angelok1 website at
http://www.jamesarts.com/Angelok1.htm.

Daegu is the third largest city in South Korea.  Located 200 miles south
of Seoul, Daegu illustrates the balance between tradition life and global
thinking.  A river city surrounded by mountains and farmland, it has a rich
cultural life and tradition as well as being a hub of traditional markets
and the center of textile and steel industries.  You can find much more
about Daegu at their city website - http://www.metro.taegu.kr/engcityhall/.

Fore more information about Maestro Vakhtang Jordania, please contact
Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or
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