Evgeny Mikeladze
Evgeni Mikeladze (მიქელაძე Georgian ევგენი * 27. July 1903 in Baku , Azerbaijan , † 1937 ) was a Georgian conductor . In 1933 he directed the State Symphony Orchestra of Georgia , and from 1934 to 1937 he was chief conductor of the State Sakaria Paliashvili Theater for Opera and Ballet in Tbilisi .
Life
He moved to Tbilisi with his Georgian family as a child. At an early age he learned various wind instruments , including the trumpet and the French horn . Mikeladze attended music-oriented classes at the Tbilisi Cadet Institute and the Realschule.
He later studied composition at the State Conservatory of the Georgian capital. In the mid-1920s he decided to become a conductor, and in 1927 he moved to the Saint Petersburg Conservatory , where he was taught by the later heads of the Leningrad Philharmonic, Nikolai Malko and Alexandr Gauk.
In 1931 he returned to Tbilisi, where he made a name for himself as a conductor of classical music . In 1933 he founded and directed the State Symphony Orchestra of Georgia, and in the same year gave a concert with the composer Sergei Prokofiev . In 1934 he became chief conductor of the State Sacharia Paliashvili Theater for Opera and Ballet in Tbilisi.
After his marriage to the daughter Mamia Orachelashvili, a Bolshevik persecuted under Stalin , Mikeladze was arrested by the Soviet secret police in November 1937 . He was interrogated and tortured for 48 days. According to witnesses, Lavrenti Beria was personally involved in the interrogations and torture of Mikeladze. Eventually he was sentenced to death by shooting by an NKVD court.
He was married and had a son, Wachtang. The son became a documentary filmmaker and works for Russian television.
Awards
Mikeladze was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1936 . His bust was placed in the garden of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theater. In the 1990s, the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra got its name.
literature
- Amy W. Knight: Beria: Stalin's First Lieutenant . Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey 1993, ISBN 0-691-01093-5
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mikeladze, Evgeni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | ევგენი მიქელაძე (Georgian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Georgian conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baku , Azerbaijan |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1937 |
| Place of death | Georgia |