Nino Arobelidze

Nino Arobelidze is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, conductor and voice coach whose connection to the arts started early at The Theatre Berikebi in Tbilisi, Georgia. She moved to the US as a teenager and became enamored with jazz music, the music that thrives on individuality and freedom of expression. Music and movement continued to be Nino’s main interest in college as she started collaborating with various artist and musicians in the Chicagoland area, specializing in global jazz and fusion among them  a flamenco/world/fusion group Kaif and Baba Manouche, a French gypsy jazz ensemble. Her work with the Grotowski Theatre director Renee Torres inspired the all- integrating, soul-searching approach to making art which she has grown to utilize in her creative output as well as her work as an educator.

In the fall of 2008 Nino was offered a scholarship to study classical vocal performance at The DePaul University Music School and it was where she formed The CrossRoads Project which whom she’s recorded Jigsaw in 2009, Passages EP in 2010 and Strange Brew EP in 2011. Nino’s other recent projects involve recording and arranging with Casa de Soul, a Brazilian folk/roots/bossa-nova group on their self-titled 2011 release; and her collaboration with the Soprano Elena Batman on Operatic Duets and Classical repertoire.  To view Nino’s website go to www.ninoarobelidze.com