cisana tatiSvili ЦИСАНА ТАТИШВИЛИ TSISANA TATISHVILI

tiful woman, brought up my brother and me alone. In her stories and
memories we loved our father - Bezhan Tatishvili.
He was older than my mother for twenty years; having won a beauty
contest in Paris he received military training in Irkutsk, but still returned
to his homeland and at one time held the post of Commissioner
of the Military. Later, he led the military department at the State University.
One fateful evening, December 30, having visited his wife and newborn
daughter, father went home, and then no one else saw him. Ketevan
later learned that her husband was arrested and exiled, and then
shot. Mom never remarried so much she loved my father.
We live in distress. Mom was raising us by herself. As a student
in his third year, she was forced to leave university and go to work.
Despite these difficulties, my mother has remained strong in spirit and
noble. She tried to teach us kindness and love for each other. I can say
with confidence that she did not allow the slightest mistake in parenting.
We always loved each other - my brother and I - Gogi Tatishvili,
has always been to me an exemplary and worthy to be emulated man.
I’m happy that it was on his advice, I became a singer. It has been
my most ardent fan. Together with me he was going through my every
appearance on the stage and was proud of my every success. Void
that was left in my heart after his departure just fills his family - my
brother’s wife - Manana Sabashvili, children – Bezhan and Ketevan,
grandson - Giorgi....
Another my big fan was - Gogi Totibadze - my husband and a great
friend. He was amazing man and a wonderful artist. We got married
in 1981 and created a family based on love, respect and understanding.
I will not be subjective, if I say that Gogi was very elegant, educated,
charming man (by the way, he was the grandson of a famous public
figure, the originator of grammar of the Georgian language, Silovan
Khundadze). Gogi was an objective judge of my creativity, in which
his musical education helped. He graduated from the School of Music
piano class.
Gogi was a true creator, a remarkable artist, and together with the
exemplary organizer - he for the period of ten years was the rector of
the Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts.
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