Date & Place of Birth

September 24, 1935 Batumi

Date & Place of Death

December 14, 2018 Tbilisi

Place of Burial

Didube Pantheon, Tbilisi

Closest Anniversary Date

2025 will mark 90 years since birth

2023 will mark 5 years since death

Education

(School, Teacher)

Batumi Music School, piano, graduated in 1956

Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Composition Department, class of Alex Machavarian, graduated in 1961

Geographic Location of Work

Tbilisi, Akhalkalaki (Georgia)

Place of Work & Position

1951-1961 - Tbilisi Railway Workers House, Teacher (Piano)

1962-1966 - Tbilisi No.5 Public School, Teacher (Piano)

1966-1968 - Akhalkalaki Music School, Teacher (Piano),

1968-2008 - Tbilisi No.11 Music School, Teacher (Piano)

Field of Work

Compositional Work

- Musical Theater (Ballet)

- Symphony

- Chamber Instrumental: piano

- Chamber Voca: vocal cycles, romantic pieces, songs

Family Members

Father - Viktor Zabukidze (Lawyer, Director)

Mother - Olga Oscolskaya -Shvami, Ballerina

Sister - Valentina Zabukidze, Journalist (Worked in Moscow)

Spouse - Shalva Davitashvili 1934-2011 (Composer)

Son – Giorgi Davitashvili 1960 (Composer, Diplomat)

Daughter - Victoria Siradze –Davitashvili 1964 (Flutist, Teacher, Museum guide)

Close Persons

Composers - Alexi Machavariani, Archil Chimakadze, Ioseb Kechakmadze

Marital Status

Spouse, two children

Descendants / Heirs

Giorgi Davitashvili, Victoria Siradze-Davitashvili

Location of Research Material

Family Archive;

State Archives of Georgia;

National Parliamentary Library of Georgia;