Born in Tbilisi on 30 December 1937, Tatishvili studied voice at the State Conservatory under Gulnara Kartvelishvili, graduating in 1963. Until 2000, she was a soloist at the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre but also performed abroad, especially in Moscow and Berlin. As a concert performer, she sang the Ode to Joy in Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Verdi's Requiem as well as works by the Georgian composers Otar Taktakishvili and Aleksandre Machavariani.
