Georgian soprano Tamar Iveri, daughter of the famous baritone Avtandil Javakishvili, studied singing at the Conservatory in Tbilisi and first came to the public’s attention as Desdemona in May 1998. This same year, she won second prize at the “Voce Verdiane” competition in Bussetto. In 1999, she won first prize at the Mozart Competition in Salzburg.

Engagements followed in quick succession: Don Carlo (BONN), Simone Boccanegra (DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN), La Bohème (VIENNA STAATSOPER), Simone Boccanegra and Don Giovanni (COVENT GARDEN) and Otello (VENICE), an opera she has also performed under the direction of Muti, with LA SCALA on tour in Japan.

In 2004, she made her debut at the SALZBURG FESTIVAL as Fiordiligi in a new production of Cosi fan Tutte and the following year at the METROPOLITAN OPERA (Don Giovanni/Donna Anna).
In the seasons 2006/2007 and 2007/2008, she debuted at the HOUSTON GRAND OPERA (Faust) and the ARENA DI VERONA (La Bohème).

She returned to the VIENNA STATEOPERA as well as to the METROPOLITAN OPERA and she celebrated her debut at the BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER in Munich (Eugene Onegin). In June 2008 she debuts at OPERA BASTILLE in Paris as Elisabetta in Verdi's Don Carlos.

On the concert podium, she has performed Verdi’s Requiem with the L.S.O. under the direction of Colin Davis and will perform this same work with the ACCADEMIA OF SANTA CECILIA under the direction of Antonio Pappano and with the BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER under the direction of Mariss Jansons.

She was awarded the M. Abashidze National prize in Georgia.