Aleksi (Alexei) Davidovich Machavariani (Matchavariani, ალექსი მაჭავარიანი, Алексей Давидович Мачавариани)

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Born: 1913 — Gori — Georgia
Died: ? 1995 — Tbilisi — Georgia
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Machvariani wrote 7 numbered symphonies (1947, 1972, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1987

[by “Anonymous” on 2008-11-03 17:22:37]

Music

  • 5 symphonies
  • Concerts for piano and violin
  • Operas: Mother and Daughter; Hamlet
  • Musical show: Funny Comedy,
  • Ballets: Othello; The Knight in a Tiger’s Skin (after Shota Rustaveli’s poem)
  • Four string quartets
  • Two sonatas for piano
  • Sonata for violin
  • Pieces for different instruments
  • Choir works

Life

The Georgian composer and conductor Aleksi Machavariani was born in Gori. He graduated from the Tbilisi Conservatory in 1936 and remained there for a postgraduate study. 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”.

He was the artistic director of the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra from 1956 till 1958 and directed the Composers’ Union of Georgia from 1962 till 1968.

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