Nino Katamadze was a southern Georgian born. She entered the Batumi Music Institute ZP Paliashvili’s vocal department in 1990. After graduating from the Institute, she was part of various groups and took part in many musical projects. Katamadze made her first international tour in 2002 in various countries in the EU and in the UK. In the USA, she had great success [citation needed], and visited America in 2005. Her album “White”, which was released in Georgia and other countries, was a huge success. It sold more than 700.000 copies. Katamadze will be touring again in 2009, visiting Russia and several EU countries. She’ll also visit Azerbaijan in May with two concerts in Baku. Nino Katamadze was a part of an improvised opera “Bobble”, which Bobby McFerrin staged in Russia in January 2010. from http://en.wikipedia.org