Rewas Laghidze

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Revaz Laghidse ( Georgian რევაზ ილიას ძე ლაღიძე Revaz Ilias Dse Laghidse ; Russian Реваз Ильич Лагидзе Revaz Ilyich Lagidse , scientific. Transliteration Revaz Il'ič Lagidze ; short form of the first name and Rezo , spelling of the surname also Lagije * 10. July 1921 in Baghdati , later at times Mayakovsky , Imereti , Georgian SSR , Soviet Union ; † October 16, 1981 in Tbilisi ) was a Georgian composer .

Life

Laghidse composed small pieces for string quartet while still at school and took over the part of first violin. After training with Luarsab Jaschwili, he was admitted to the Tbilisi Conservatory in 1940 on the recommendation of the composer Dmitri Arakishvili . There he studied composition with Andria Balanchivadze , the brother of George Balanchine . In 1948 he made his exam and then completed an aspirant course . During his studies he worked as a violinist in the Georgian Philharmonic (1941–1945) and in the Georgian Radio Symphony Orchestra (1945–1949). His first music for the cinema was created in 1951 for the documentary film Штурм одиннадцати вершин .

From 1960 to 1962 he worked as a music editor for documentary films. From 1962 until his death he held the chair of music at the Tbilisi Pedagogical Institute, where he was appointed professor in 1978, and from 1964 he also taught at the Tbilisi Conservatory. He died in October 1981 and is buried on the Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi. Named after him in the Georgian capital u. a. a music school and a scholarship from the Pedagogical Institute where he taught. A sculpture on Baratashvili Street has been commemorating the composer since 2018 .

Create

The focus of his work was on songs , some of which were arrangements of songs from church, rural and urban areas, and some of his own song compositions for solo voice, ensemble or choir. With some of these songs, especially with the song about Tbilissi (1959), he achieved great popularity. This song, composed in 1957/58 by Laghidze based on the words of Pyotr Grusinski for a documentary about Tbilisi, developed under the short title Tbiliso into a popular Estrada hit, a kind of “hymn of the city” and was interpreted by numerous prominent singers and groups , u. a. from the Ensemble Орэра , from Nani Bregwadze, Wachtang Kikabidze , Sława Przybylska , Yovanna , Valeri Meladze to Sopo Chalwaschi and Diana Gurzkaia .

He also wrote an opera ( Lela ), musical comedies ( Megobrebi - Die Freunde 1950), operettas ( Komble 1957), cantatas , symphonic music (including the poem Für das Heimatland 1949), chamber music, piano music and romances as well as music for theater and music Movie. The opera Lela is considered to be the high point of his oeuvre, it was first performed in Tbilisi in 1974/75 and is based on motifs from the play Monna Vanna by the symbolist Maurice Maeterlinck . The plot of the opera with the subtitle A Legend from Colchis takes place, unlike in the original, in the 1st century and tells of the fight of the Georgians against the Roman conquerors. In his other vocal works he set texts a. a. by Alexander Pushkin , Giorgi Leonidse , Aleksandre Qasbegi , Ilia Chavchavadze , Irakli Abashidze , Wascha-Pschawela and Akaki Tsereteli . Laghidse's best-known orchestral work is the symphonic painting Sachidao (1952), named after a folk music practice that was traditionally practiced in competitions and wrestling matches.

Awards

Laghidze was awarded the title of Honored Artist in 1958 and the title of People's Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1961, and in 1967 the Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Republic. In addition, he received the Shota Rustaveli State Prize in 1975 , the State Prize of the USSR in 1977 and posthumously in 1991 the Paliashvili Prize.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Revaz Lagidze - biography on: georgian-music (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d Sofia Čqonia, Lali Kakulija:  Laġije, Revaz. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 10 (Kemp - Lert). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2003, ISBN 3-7618-1120-9  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Lagidze, Revaz - biography in: bard (Russian)
  4. ↑ Rewas Lagidze on: kino-teatr (Russian)
  5. ↑ a b c Manana Akhmeteli:  Lagidze, Revaz. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  6. ↑ Composer Revaz Lagidze sculpture opening ceremony on Baratashvili Street. In: tbilisi.gov. October 7, 2018, accessed November 23, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b c Music. Revaz Lagidze and his opera "Lela" . In: Soviet Life . No. 6 (261) , June 1978, ISSN  0038-5549 (English, full text in the Google book search [accessed on November 22, 2019]).
  8. ↑ a b Alexander Imedashvili: "Tbiliso" or "Song about Tbilissi". The most beautiful versions of the hit. In: Sputnik . October 15, 2016, Retrieved November 22, 2019 (Russian).
  9. ↑ Песня о Тбилиси (Song about Tbilissi) , versions (selection)
  10. ↑ a b Lagidze, Rewas Iljitsch in: biografija (Russian)
  11. ↑ List of stage works of Laġije, Revaz based on the MGG at operons
  12. ↑ Lela - Kolkhidskaja Legenda in: New York Public Library
personal data
SURNAME Laghidze, Rewas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lagidze, Revas Ilyich; ლაღიძე, რევაზ ილიას ძე (Georgian); Лагидзе, Реваз Ильич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Georgian composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Baghdati
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1981
Place of death Tbilisi