A Kartvelian chorus is notable for its unusual way of singing songs without words, a factor that hooked Vrinda Chidambaram when she heard a collection of Georgian songs for the first time. The chorus, ...

Georgian music has experienced a passionate revival since the country's independence in the early 1990s. Many around the world are now hearing Georgian music for the first time, and most are enamored.

WASHINGTON -- As the voices of 80 choral singers filled a Washington, D.C., church with music this past weekend, a master Georgian composer's spirit was raised in the most unlikely of circumstances.