Biography

Iriao
Iriao in 2018
Background information
Also known as	Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao
Origin	Georgia
Genres	Jazz ethno folk
Years active	2013–present
Members	David Malazonia Nugzar Kavtaradze Bidzina Murgulia Levan Abshilava Shalva Gelekva George Abashidze Mikheil Javakhishvili

Iriao (Georgian: ირიაო), also known as Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao, are a Georgian jazz and ethno folk group, led by David Malazonia (composition and keyboard). The band plays a combination of traditional Georgian polyphonic singing and jazz.^{[citation needed]} They performed at the 2014 edition of the Borneo Jazz Festival in Malaysia.^[1] They represented Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal with the song "Sheni gulistvis" (English: "For You").^[2]

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