Musicologist Nana Sharikadze, Associate Professor at the Caucasus University (Affiliated) and V.Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, conducted extensive research in various musical domains, including twentieth-century musical theatre, experimental music, twentieth-century opera, politics and music, Georgian music, and Soviet music. In 2023, she published the monograph An Introduction to Georgian Art Music: Sense-Making through Music (Cambridge Scholar Publishing). Currently, her focus is on Soviet music, exploring unique perspectives related to colonization and decolonization.  From 2019 to 2023, Sharikadze served as Rector of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire; in 2024, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship (at Johns Hopkins University). In 2022, she was honored with the prestigious silver medal "Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis" by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland, making her the first Georgian citizen to receive this recognition for her noteworthy contributions to culture.