Nino Katamadze is a Georgian jazz singer from Adjara who began singing on stage at the age of four. While she studied music and continued her singing, the true beginning of her career was in 2000 when she began working with the group which would become Insight. Their first international tour was in 2002, touring the EU and was followed by her album Ordinary Day. Then in 2005, she performed at the birthplace of jazz, the United States and was received as a great success. In 2006, she began her ‘color series’ of albums; Black (2006) White (2006) Blue (2008). White became very successful and went on to sell over 700.000 copies. Katamadze’s music has contributed to a number of Georgian, Ukrainian, and Russian films.
Interestingly, her group Insight consists of drums, guitar, and a bass - no piano - which added with Katamadze's breathy sensual style, gives an airy, ethereal emotion to their songs.
In 2009, Katamadze visited neighboring Azerbaijan, where she met Ulviyya Rahimova. They performed a duet of Katamadze’s song ‘Olei’ which has also become an important piece of Ulviyya’s repertoire.
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