R.I.P 〓 Giya Kancheli, Georgian Composer

2019/10/04

Composer Giya Kancheli died on the 2nd at the age of 84 due to heart disease in his hometown of Georgia, Tbilisi. After studying geology, he studied composition at the Tbilisi Conservatory and turned into a composer. For 20 years from 1971, he served as the music director of the Rustaveli Theater in Tbilisi, where he worked on many stage works and film music.

He has composed many works for seven symphony, orchestra and chamber music. His work was performed by Dennis Russell Davis, Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Kim Kashkashan, Mstislav Rostropovich and gained worldwide fame. He moved to Berlin in 1991 and since 1995 has been based in Antwerp, Belgium.

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How about this ?

  1. OSLO 〓 Edward Gardner becomes the next music director of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet

  2. BERLIN 〓 Berlin State Opera has announced a lineup of the 2020/2021 season

  3. AVENCHES 〓 The foundation that runs the summer opera festival has declared bankruptcy

  4. TOKYO 〓 New National Theater Tokyo has shut down

  5. NEW YORK 〓 Camarena updated the MET’s encore record

  6. MUNICH 〓 Bavarian State Opera has announced its performance lineup for its new 2022/2023 season

  7. LONDON 〓 Royal College of Music awards Honorary Doctorate to Pappano and Kaufmann

  8. LONDON 〓 The collection of Rostropovich & Vishnevskaya appeared in the auction

  9. SAN FRANCISCO 〓 Birth of the “MTT Way” named after Michael Tilson Thomas

  10. EDINBURGH 〓 Ivan Bessonov won the 2018 edition of Eurovision Young Musicians

  11. MOSCOW 〓 Bolshoi Theater Museum holds a special exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary

  12. PARIS 〓 The Paris Opera has announced its 2021/2022 season

  13. YEKATERINBURG 〓 Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater invite Konstantin Chudovsky to the Principal Conductor

  14. BOLOGNA 〓 City of Bologna Renamed “Piazza Claudio Abbado” to Commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Master’s Death

  15. HONG KONG 〓 Yip Wingsie, will retire Hong Kong Sinfonietta’ s music director !?

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