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Ana Kasrashvili

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Ana Kasrashvili

 

Composer, Orchestrator, Songwriter

 

 

1ST PLACE – GEORGIAN SONGWRITING CONTEST – A SONG ABOUT BATUMI (2010);

WINNER – GEORGIAN THEATER SOCIETY AWARD – THE BEST COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR FOR A MUSICAL THEATER – FAME (2015);

OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR AWARD – BERKLEE VALENCIA CAMPUS COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY (2015);

1ST PLACE – CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL FILM SCORING COMPETITION (2015);
PARTICIPIANT – ASCAP FILM SCORING WORKSHOP IN LOS ANGELES WITH RICHARD BELLIS (2017);

WINNER – 2ND EDITION OF THE JUAN GIL FAMILY ESTATES INTERNATIONAL SOUNDTRACK COMPOSITION PRIZE (2018);

WINNER – SABAM AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION BY A YOUNG COMPOSER - WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS (2020);

 

Date & Place of Birth

 

1986.11.23 Batumi (Georgia)

Closest Anniversary Date

 

2026 - 40 years after birth

Education

(School, Teacher)

 

1991-2001 - Experimental School of Instrumental Music in Batumi (Piano – Class of Irina Kherzhi, Violin – Class of Temur Shalvashvili)

1992-2003 - Public School #16 in Batumi

2004-2008 - Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Spanish language and literature)

2002-2006 - Revaz Laghidze Music College in Batumi (Piano department)

2014-2015 - Master of Music in Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games from Berklee Valencia Campus (Program director: Lucio Godoy)

2014-2015 - Berklee Valencia Scholarship and Howard Shore scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music Valencia Campus

2017 - Participant of the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis in Los Angeles

Geographic Location of Work

 

Georgia, Spain, USA, England

Place of Work & Position

 

Since 2017 - ASCAP Member

Since 2018 - Berklee Valencia Campus Alumni Ambassador

Since 2018 - Member of the Alliance for Women Film Composers

Since 2018 - Member of the World Soundtrack Academy

Field of Work

 

Film Scoring, Songwriting, Music for Ads

Ancestors a& Family Members

 

Father - Mikheil Kasrashvili (1947-2022)

Mother - Manana Gogilashvili (1959) Kindergarden Teacher

Brother - Mikheil Kasrashvili Jr. (1982) Sportsman

Husband - Ilia Jgharkava (1985) Musician, Sound Engineer

Daughter - Martha Jgharkava (2018)

Descendants / Heirs

 

Martha Jgharkava

Location of Research Material

 

Family Archive