Suite Festival: Katie Melua

This Georgia-born British artist is known internationally now as she was in 2007, when she became the female artist who sold the most albums in the world – a total of 11 million – and had 56 platinum albums to her name. London is where Katie Melua grew professionally, after composer and producer Mike Batt discovered her at the BRIT School for the Performing Arts, where she was studying. Throughout her career she has experienced some truly special moments such as performing for Nelson Mandela with her idols Queen and during a dinner for the Queen of England in Buckingham Palace. Her concerts highlight a sensitivity that shows off her elegant pop with touches of folk and jazz. Melua carries on in that line with her latest work, 'Ketevan' (2013) that covers a variety of subjects with romance and melancholy.