Aleksi Machavariani

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aleksi Machavariani

PAU
Born
Aleksandre Machavariani

Aleksandre "Aleksi" Machavariani (Georgian: ალექსი მაჭავარიანი) (23 September 1913 – 30 December 1995)[1] was a Georgian composer and conductor.

Aleksi Machavariani was born in Gori, Georgia. He graduated from the Tbilisi Conservatory in 1936 and remained there for postgraduate studies. He studied composition under Pyotr Ryazanov. Later he joined the faculty, becoming a professor in 1963. He began his artistic career in 1935.

Machavariani produced a number of critically acclaimed plays and ballets, including the ballet "Othello" (1957), the operas "Mat i Sin" (1945), "Den moei Rodini" (1954), the symphony "Piat monologov" (1971; it earned the Shota Rustaveli Prize). He also wrote the music to many theatrical productions, including "Baratashvili" and "Legenda o liubvi". His output includes among other works also a violin concerto (1950), seven symphonies (1947–1992) and six string quartets (the last in 1993).[2]

He was the artistic director of the from 1956 till 1958 and directed the Composers' Union of Georgia from 1962 till 1968.[3]

His son, Vakhtang Machavariani, is likewise a composer, who also conducts his father's works.[4]

In 2007, a street in Tbilisi was named after him.

References[]

  1. ^ Gulbat Toradze (2001). "Machavariani, Aleksi". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.17336.
  2. ^ "Alexi Matchavariani Werkverzeichnis" (PDF) (in German). Sikorski Verlag. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  3. ^ Mikaberidze, Alexander (ed., 2007). Machavariani, Aleksey Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ http://www.matchavariani.ge/main/disceng.html

Further reading[]

  • Manana Kordsaia: Alexi Matchavariani: der Komponist und seine Zeit, ed. Vakhtang Matchavariani ; translated from Georgian into German by Natia Mikeladse-Bachsoliani, Hofheim: Wolke, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95593-067-7

External links[]

Stub icon

This article about a Georgian musician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""