The US-Italian conductor Carlos Ponti jr. has converted to Orthodox Christianity in order to marry Mariam Sharmanashvili, a zumba teacher, in Tbilisi. Ponti, 56, and Sharmanashvili, 37, performed a ritual Georgian dance at the nuptials.
Ponti, former associate conductor of the Russian National Orchestra, is the son of the Italian film star Sophia Loren.
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