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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Zachary Paliashvili, Giya Kancheli, Sulkhan Tsintsadze, Irakli Charkviani, Alexander Basilaia, Andria Balanchivadze, Dimitri Arakishvili, Meliton Balanchivadze, Otar Taktakishvili, Givi Gachechiladze, Otar Gordeli, Victor Dolidze, Vano Muradeli, Zurab Nadarejshvili. Excerpt:Alexander Basilaia (Georgian : ) (March 11, 1942 October 3, 2009) was a Georgian composer and songwriter of popular music and film scores . He led the popular musical group Iveria since its founding in 1968 through the mainstream success in the 1970s and 1980s until his death of a long and severe disease in Germany in 2009. He held the titles of Honored Artist of Georgia and Honored Citizen of Tbilisi . Basilaia was trained as a contrabassist at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire and became active at the Soviet Georgian scene in 1963. In 1968 he founded an ensemble (VIA ) which was named Iveria after an ancient Georgian kingdom . Basilaia was a principal composer and an art manager for Iveria which quickly gained popularity for its fusion of pop , rock and jazz with traditional Georgian music and attained to Soviet -wide fame with its musicals The Wedding of Jays (1980) and The Argonauts (1982). Basilaia s third and the last musical Pirosmani was successfully staged in both Georgia and Russia in 1996. Basilaia last work "Something has Ended" appeared shortly before the composer s death in October 2009. He was buried at the Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi. References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Andria Balanachivadze (Georgian : ) (May 19, 1906 April 28, 1992) was a Georgian composer. He was the son of Meliton Balanchivadze , the composer, and brother of George Balanchine , the famous Georgian-American choreographer. Born in St. Petersburg , Russia , he graduated f... ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Tbilisi State Conservatory Alumni, Giya Kancheli, Vakhtang Jordania, Marina Goglidze-Mdivani, Artemi Ayvazyan, Eliso Virsaladze, Jascha Brodsky, Andria Balanchivadze, Dimitri Bashkirov. Excerpt: Giya Kancheli (Georgian: ), born 10 August 1935, in Tbilisi, is a Georgian composer resident in Belgium. His music is often spiritual, leading some to compare him (not always helpfully) to composers such as Arvo Pärt and John Tavener. There are several instances of folk and religious inspiration in his music, notably in the opening of the Third Symphony and his more recent work Magnum Ignotum, but the effect of Georgian folk elements on his style should not be overemphasized. Since 1991, Kancheli has lived in Western Europe: first in Berlin, and since 1995 in Antwerp, where he is composer-in-residence for the Royal Flemish Philharmonic. In his symphonies, Kancheli's musical language typically consists of slow, haunting scraps of minor-mode melody against long, subdued, anguished string discords. These passages are occasionally punctuated with "battle scenes" involving martial brass and percussion. His music post-1990 has become more refined and generally more subdued and nostalgic in character. Some commentators talk about his music in cinematic terms; one can find equivalents of the dissolve (in his ubiquitous blurred tonal transitions), zoom (such as the long crescendo a third of the way into the Sixth Symphony), abrupt cuts (jumping from very quiet to very loud, as in the opening of the Fifth Symphony), and so on. Rodion Shchedrin speaks of Kancheli as "an ascetic with the temperament of a maximalist; a restrained Vesuvius". Kancheli has written seven symphonies, and what he terms a liturgy for viola and orchestra, called Mourned by the Wind. His ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=796745 ... Read more

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Chapters: Giya Kancheli, Vakhtang Jordania, Marina Goglidze-Mdivani, Artemi Ayvazyan, Eliso Virsaladze, Jascha Brodsky, Andria Balanchivadze, Dimitri Bashkirov. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Giya Kancheli (Georgian: ), born 10 August 1935, in Tbilisi, is a Georgian composer resident in Belgium. His music is often spiritual, leading some to compare him (not always helpfully) to composers such as Arvo Pärt and John Tavener. There are several instances of folk and religious inspiration in his music, notably in the opening of the Third Symphony and his more recent work Magnum Ignotum, but the effect of Georgian folk elements on his style should not be overemphasized. Since 1991, Kancheli has lived in Western Europe: first in Berlin, and since 1995 in Antwerp, where he is composer-in-residence for the Royal Flemish Philharmonic. In his symphonies, Kancheli's musical language typically consists of slow, haunting scraps of minor-mode melody against long, subdued, anguished string discords. These passages are occasionally punctuated with "battle scenes" involving martial brass and percussion. His music post-1990 has become more refined and generally more subdued and nostalgic in character. Some commentators talk about his music in cinematic terms; one can find equivalents of the dissolve (in his ubiquitous blurred tonal transitions), zoom (such as the long crescendo a third of the way into the Sixth Symphony), abrupt cuts (jumping from very quiet to very loud, as in the opening of the Fifth Symphony), and so on. Rodion Shchedrin speaks of Kancheli as "an ascetic with the temperament of a maximalist; a restrained Vesuvius". Kancheli has written seven symphonies, and what he terms a liturgy for viola and orchestra, called Mourned by the Wind. His Fourt...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=796745 ... Read more

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Chapters: Giorgi Latsabidze, Giya Kancheli, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Vakhtang Jordania, Evgeni Mikeladze, the Shin, Kavkasia, Robert Bardzimashvili. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Giorgi Latsabidze (Georgian: ) (born April 15, 1978) is a Georgian concert pianist and composer. Latsabidze is renowned for his technical mastery of the instrument's virtuoso repertoire; particularly that of Franz Liszt. Giorgi Latsabidze at the age of 2Georgian Pianist Giorgi Latsabidze was born 15 April 1978 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Although coming from a family of non-musicians, Latsabidze showed an early talent for music. While there was no piano in his household, his parents frequently visited family and friends that had pianos. Making use of these occasional opportunities, he started playing piano by ear from the age of 3, and continued with early attempts at composition at the age of 5. Latsabidze's ambition, even in this early childhood, was to become a concert pianist. By the time that Latsabidze was six years old, his enthusiasm for the piano was rewarded when his family obtained a piano and he began formal studies. At age seven, he was accepted into one of Tbilisi's Music Schools which, modeled after the ex-Soviet Union pattern, cover the seven years of education preceding entry into gymnasium and university. While there, at age 10 Giorgi was entered into the Georgian National Students Competition and, upon winning first place, was invited to perform Schumanns Kinderszenen, Op.15 at the annual Gala Concert held at the Tbilisi State Concert Hall. Following this, Giorgi received further invitations to perform the Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 with the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra, and the Beethoven Piano Concerto in C major, Op.15 with the same orches...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23491960 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Tbilisi State Conservatory Alumni, Giya Kancheli, Vakhtang Jordania, Marina Goglidze-Mdivani, Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Artemi Ayvazyan, Eliso Virsaladze, Jascha Brodsky, Andria Balanchivadze, Dimitri Bashkirov. Excerpt: Giya Kancheli (Georgian: ), born 10 August 1935, in Tbilisi, is a Georgian composer resident in Belgium. His music is often spiritual, leading some to compare him (not always helpfully) to composers such as Arvo Pärt and John Tavener. There are several instances of folk and religious inspiration in his music, notably in the opening of the Third Symphony and his more recent work Magnum Ignotum, but the effect of Georgian folk elements on his style should not be overemphasized. Since 1991, Kancheli has lived in Western Europe: first in Berlin, and since 1995 in Antwerp, where he is composer-in-residence for the Royal Flemish Philharmonic. In his symphonies, Kancheli's musical language typically consists of slow, haunting scraps of minor-mode melody against long, subdued, anguished string discords. These passages are occasionally punctuated with "battle scenes" involving martial brass and percussion. His music post-1990 has become more refined and generally more subdued and nostalgic in character. Some commentators talk about his music in cinematic terms; one can find equivalents of the dissolve (in his ubiquitous blurred tonal transitions), zoom (such as the long crescendo a third of the way into the Sixth Symphony), abrupt cuts (jumping from very quiet to very loud, as in the opening of the Fifth Symphony), and so on. Rodion Shchedrin speaks of Kancheli as "an ascetic with the temperament of a maximalist; a restrained Vesuvius". Kancheli has written seven symphonies, and what he terms a liturgy for viola and orchestra, cal... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=796745 ... Read more

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Analysis of the music of the contemporary classical composer Giya Kancheli, of Georgia. The focus is on aspects of nostalgia in his work. Examines all seven symphonies in detail, and several more recent pieces. Includes brief biographical information. With dozens of musical examples. ... Read more

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This publication presents two brief Russian pieces for cello and piano by Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) and Giya Kancheli (b. 1935).

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A new piece from the well known Russian Composer Giya Kancheli for string quartet and Tape. ... Read more

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Kancheli, a native of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, has risen to world-class prominence during the past decade. Like much of his music, the Piano Quartet has made a lasting impression on audiences who respond to its profoundly spiritual impact. The title, implying a return to an original tempo, suggests the quiet constancy of a human heartbeat. ... Read more