Sulchan Nassidze

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Sulkhan Nassidse ( Georgian სულხან ივანეს ძე ნასიძე , Sulkhan Iwanes Dse Nassidse ; Russian Сулхан Иванович Насидзе , Sulkhan Ivanovich Nassidse , scientific. Transliteration Sulkhan Ivanovič Nasidze * 17th March 1927 in Tbilisi ; † 21st September 1996 ) was a Soviet and Georgian Composer and pianist.

Life

Nassidze studied piano at the Tbilisi Conservatory . In 1962 he became head of the Georgian Composers' Union, and in 1964 he became professor of composition at the Tbilisi Conservatory. In 1974 he became director of the Georgian Philharmonic in his hometown.

His music is influenced on the one hand by Shostakovich , Bartók and Stravinsky , but also takes up new techniques of instrumentation and composition. Sometimes it also comes across as pathetic . In the course of his work, Nassidze had a different relationship to the national Georgian musical tradition: at first he tried to distinguish himself from it, later he took up the means of expression of Georgian folk music and folklore again in his work, dealing with elements of contemporary composing in the 20th century find yourself in a fertile and harmonious field of tension.

The Georgian Chamber Orchestra , which was founded in 1964 and moved to Ingolstadt in 1990, has made a major contribution to the recently increasing popularity of his works in Germany .

Works

  • Dance (Танец) for viola and piano (1953)
  • Orpheus and Euridike (ორფევსი, Orp'evsi ), ballet (1973)
  • King Lear, ballet
  • My Fatherland (ჩემი სამშობლო, Ch'emi Samshoblo ), oratorio (1967)
  • From Georgian folk poetry (ქართული ხალხური პოეზიიდან, K'art'uli Khalkhuri Poeziidan ), song cycle (1969)
  • 8 symphonies (1957–1992), including the popular 3rd Chamber Symphony (1969)
  • 2 piano concertos (1955, 1961)
  • Violin Concerto (1968)
  • Concerto for two violins (1979)
  • Concerto for violin and violoncello (1982)
  • Concerto for viola and orchestra (1987)
  • Bassoon Concerto (1994)
  • 5 string quartets (1968–1992)
  • 2 piano trios (1960, 1995)
  • Polyphonic Sonata for Piano (1963)

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personal data
SURNAME Nassidze, Sulchan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nasidze, Sulkhan Ivanes dze; Nasidze, Sulchan Ivanovič; Насидзе, Сулхан Иванович
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Georgian composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Tbilisi
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1996
Place of death Tbilisi