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Chkonia made many recordings, including 15 CDs (over 250 works) for the "Golden Fund of the USSR" with the
National Radio of Moscow, Tbilisi, and Kiev with the participation of the Soviet Union best symphony orchestras. She made several concert tours outside of the Soviet Union, where she received
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Italian school of opera. After her tenure at home in Georgia's Tbilisi Opera, she was accepted as a leading soloist of the
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