Khondzi is a musician who knows that music is not merely a sequence of notes, but a living, breathing conversation with the universe. Born in Tbilisi and now wandering the streets of New York, he has learned that sound is the portal through which we glimpse the infinite. To listen to him play is to witness time stretching, bending, and dissolving into the pure joy of being.
He does not chase applause; he seeks the spaces between—the silence that gives meaning to sound, the pause where possibility emerges. In his projects—from the intimate dialogues of his duo with Papuna Sharikadze to the rich tapestry of Perkhuli, the explorations of his jazz quintet, and the full-throated exuberance of The Funkh Band—he invites the listener to forget themselves, if only for a moment, and remember the music that has always been there.
Khondzi composes, performs, and publishes music not as an act of creation, but as an act of discovery: a discovery that the world is not something “out there” to be captured, but a play of sounds, colors, and sensations in which we are both participant and witness.
In every note, in every silence, Khondzi reminds us that music is not a thing to be done, but a state to be lived.
