MANANA DJAPARIDZE
 Azerbaidjan

A Georgian, she was born in Tbilisi but Azeri capital Baku has become a second motherland for her. Manana, a graduate of an Arts gymnasium, is now a student of the German division of the Modern Jazz and Show-Business Academy. She is a laureate of such festivals as «Crystal Fur-Tree» (Borzhomi, 1996) and «Crystal Note» (Moscow, 1997). She sings in Georgian, Azeri, English and other languages.