Sopio Murusidze is a jazz and contemporary vocalist, educator and composer whose work moves between performance, higher music education and technology. She is an active performer and Assistant Professor of Jazz Voice at the Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, with an international career spanning Europe and the United States.

Her musical path has been shaped in large part by five formative years in New York City, where she earned her BFA in Jazz and Contemporary Music from The New School. During this period, Murusidze performed throughout the city with her quartet and in duo projects, developing her artistic voice through the improvisational and collaborative traditions of New York’s jazz scene. Her work also extended beyond jazz: as a member of the Young New Yorkers’ Chorus, she performed repertoire ranging from classical works to music by prominent living composers. She also appeared in the musical Twelfth Night, staged by Clocktower Players at the Irvington Theatre, performing in four productions, including the regional premiere. These experiences helped shape an artistic practice rooted in jazz while open to a broad range of musical traditions, ensemble settings and forms of expression.

Now based in Tbilisi, Murusidze combines an active performing career with her work in higher music education. She is Assistant Professor of Jazz Voice at the Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire and teaches voice and musical performance to acting students at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University, extending her teaching practice across music and theatre. Her approach encompasses vocal technique, improvisation, interpretation and ensemble musicianship, with an emphasis on developing each student’s musical independence and individual artistic voice. Her work as an educator also extends internationally through masterclasses, workshops and academic exchanges at higher music education institutions across Europe.

Murusidze is also actively involved in the European higher music education community as a member of the AEC Pop and Jazz Platform (PJP) Working Group. There, she collaborates with colleagues from institutions across Europe on questions shaping jazz and popular music education today. 

Her interest in new approaches to music education also led her to pursue an MA in Music Technology at the Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire. Bringing together technology and jazz vocal pedagogy, she developed an interactive digital practice platform for jazz vocalists, designed to support independent practice, vocal development and improvisation. The platform is currently being prepared for public release in 2027.
Across her work as a performer, educator and creator, Murusidze continues to explore the relationship between jazz tradition and contemporary practice, and the ways performance, pedagogy and technology can open new possibilities for musical expression and learning.