[1][2] Since 1996 Vakhtang Machavariani is GMD and Principal Conductor of the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra in Tbilisi, Georgia.
In 2003 Vakhtang Machavariani became a GMD of the Russian Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra Millenium.
[3] Since 2011 Vakhtang Machavariani performs regularly with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey.
[4][5][6] Vakhtang Matchavariani is a principal guest conductor of Tbilisi State Opera.
[1] In 2022 Machavariani wrote and conducted a recording of a new orchestral work, his symphonic poem entitled "Mariupol," named after the Ukrainian city and "dedicated to the defenders and heroes of Mariupol,"[7] as part of a Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra "Solidarity rally in support of Ukraine."