Trio Mandili
Trio Mandili is a Georgian musical group which currently consists of Tatuli Mgeladze, Tako Tsiklauri, and Mariam Kurasbediani.
They perform polyphonic singing accompanied by a panduri, a traditional Georgian string instrument. They became popular in Georgia when they uploaded a music video in which they performed a Georgian folk song, "Apareka". This video has gathered over eight million views.
Trio Mandili have sung songs in other languages, such as the Hindi song "Goron Ki Na Kalon Ki Duniya Hai Dilwalon Ki" that was performed on India's Republic Day, as well as the Polish song "Lipka" and the Hebrew song "Adon Olam". Found on their YouTube channel, Trio Mandili has also recorded songs in Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian, and Russian.
In 2017, the group participated in Evroviizis erovnul konkurss with the song "Me da shen" with the chance to represent Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. They performed 10th and ultimately finished in 12th place with 65 points.
Discography
Band members
- Tatuli Mgeladze – lead and backing vocals
- Mariam Kurasbediani – backing and occasional lead vocals, panduri
- Tako Tsiklauri – backing and occasional lead vocals, occasionally also plays the panduri and other instruments