ABOUT

Giya Kancheli Tbilisi Youth Orchestra (TYO) is the leading young orchestral program in Georgia, running through the whole concert season in Tbilisi.

TYO was established at the National Palace in 2019 with the initiative of the Orchestra’s Manager, Mika Mdinaradze, and the Artistic Director, Mirian Khukhunaishvili, with the support of the Tbilisi Municipality. 

The orchestra usually performs an average of ten to fifteen concerts per season. TYO participated in various festivals and competitions such as The Young Euro Classic 2023 at the Berlin Konzerthaus, Toradze International Music Festival 2023, the 30th-anniversary festival Autumn Tbilisi, and the inaugural international Barouch Competition (2019) in the Republic of San Marino.

With close creative relations with maestros such as Andrei Boreyko, Claudio Vandelli, George Tchitchinadze, Vakhtang Kakhidze, Kakhi Solomnishvili and Fuad Ibrahimov, the orchestra has refined and achieved a higher performance level. 

TYO often offers the podium to outstanding young soloists and conductors, including Giorgi Gigashvili, Veriko Tchumburidze, Stathis Karapanos, Anastasia Kobenika, Kordz, Luka Okros, Sandro Gegechkori, Sandro Nebieridze, Kornilios Michailidis, Dijana Imeri Ilkoska.

Since 2024, TYO will serve as the resident orchestra for the Toradze International Music Festival.