Date & Place of Birth

December 26, 1927. Tbilisi

Date & Place of Death

December 27, 1992 (aged 65)

Place of Burial

Vera Cemetary, Tbilisi

Closest Anniversary Date

2027 will mark 100 years since birth and 35 years since death

Education

(School, Teacher)

1934-1944 - Tbilisi Women's School No.5 (No.18);

1935-1943 - Tbilisi Music School No.8;

1943-1946 - Tbilisi Music School No.2, Piano Faculty, class of M. Nunuparova;

1944-1949 - V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Composition Faculty, class of Sargis Barkhudaryan, graduated from Iona Tuskia's class;

1946-1951 - V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Piano Faculty, class of Vanda Shiukashvili;

1989 - Interned at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Piano Department under the guidance of Sokolov.

Geographic Location of Work

Tbilisi (Georgia)

Place of Work & Position

1949-1959 - Tbilisi Music School No.1, piano teacher, illustrator;

1949-1959 - Tbilisi Music School No.1, teacher, illustrator;

1951-1959 - V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, illustrator;

1959-1967 - V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Compulsory Piano department teacher, 1967-1980 - docent, 1980-1993 - professor;

Member of Georgian Composers Union since 1950.

Field of Work

Compositional Works: Opera, symphonic, vocal-symphonic, chamber-instrumental, choral, vocal, songs, and children's music.

Ancestors & Family Members

Father - David (Chkheidze) Turdospireli, 1888-1948 (historian, writer, public figure, honored teacher, member of the founding assembly, one of the signatories of the 1918 Act of Independence of Georgia);

Mother - Elene Mikeladze, 1894-1984 (V. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University business manager);

Uncle- Giorgi (Chkheidze) Kuchishvili, 1886-1947 (writer);

Spouse - Konstantine Bokuchava, 1917-1991 (honored architect, doctor of technical sciences);

Sister - Mzia Chkheidze, 1925-2009 (doctor, therapist, resort expert);

Brother-in-law– Grigol Chilingarishvili, 1914-1991 (energeticist, doctor of technical sciences, professor);

Sister - Lamzira Chkheidze, 1929-2023 (actress, honored artist of Georgia, Rustaveli National Theater troupe member, Georgian TV-Radio Broadcasting employee).

Close Persons

Andria Balanchivadze, Jemal Gokieli, Tamar Khuroshvili, Sulkhan Tsintsadze, Lina Mikaberidze, Londa Samsonidze

Descendants / Heirs

Niece - Tamar Chilingarishvili

Location of Research Material

Family archive; The Art Palace of Georgia - History of Culture Museum; National Parliamentary Library of Georgia; National Archives of Georgia; V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire Archive and Library; Georgian TV-Radio broadcasting archive.