Iriao

{{Short description|Georgian jazz and folk group}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Iriao

| image = BlueCarpet2018-050-Georgia-EuroVisionary.jpg

| landscape = yes

| caption = Iriao in 2018

| origin = Georgia

| genre = {{Hlist|Jazz|ethno folk}}

| years_active = 2013–present

| related_acts =

| current_members = David Malazonia
Nugzar Kavtaradze
Bidzina Murgulia
Levan Abshilava
Shalva Gelekva
George Abashidze
Mikheil Javakhishvili

| past_members =

| alias = Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao

}}

Iriao ({{lang-ka|ირიაო}}), also known as Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao, are a Georgian jazz and ethno folk group, led by David Malazonia (composition and keyboard). The band plays a combination of traditional Georgian polyphonic singing and jazz.{{cn|date=January 2020}} They performed at the 2014 edition of the Borneo Jazz Festival in Malaysia.{{cite web|url=https://jazzborneo.com/performer/iriao/|title=Borneo Jazz - Iriao|access-date=31 December 2017|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106070045/https://jazzborneo.com/performer/iriao/|url-status=live}} They represented Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal with the song "Sheni gulistvis" (English: "For You").{{Cite news|url=https://1tv.ge/en/news/music-band-iriao-will-present-georgia-2018-esc/|title=Music band Iriao will present Georgia at 2018 ESC - 1TV|work=1TV|access-date=31 December 2017|archive-date=1 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101030518/https://1tv.ge/en/news/music-band-iriao-will-present-georgia-2018-esc/|url-status=live}}