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Kavkasia
Trio Kavkasia is a U.S. trio performing traditional vocal polyphony from Georgia . Trio Kavkasia (Georgian word for Caucasus) was formed in 1994 by Alan Gasser, Stuart Gelzer and Carl Linich, three Americans who together have more than sixty years of experience singing the traditional music of Georgia.
Kavkasidze
Kavkasidze , later Kavkasidzev (Кавкасидзевы), was a Georgian-Russian noble house, founded by a Georgian nobleman Eprem Kalatozishvili who accompanied the crown prince Bak'ar in his Russian exile in 1724.The Kalatozishvili family was known in Georgia since the 15th century, and were listed as royal aznauri, i.e., the petite nobility directly under the king’s vassalage. It was already in emigration that they were conferred with the title of prince and assumed the surname of Kavkasidze.