Date & Place of Birth

January 04, 1894 (N. S.), December 23, 1893 (O.S.) Warsaw (Poland)

Date & Place or Death

October 31, 1976, Tbilisi (Passed away at the age of 82)

Place of Burial

Didube Pantheon, Tbilisi

Closest Anniversary Date

2024 will mark 130 years since birth

2026 will mark 50 years since death

Education

(School, Teacher)

Higher Education

1908-1912. - Tbilisi Music School of the former Imperial Russian Music Society, class of composer Nikoloz Nikolaev (piano, music theory, composition);

1912-1917 -Saint Petersburg Conservatory, composition class of Prof. N. N. Cherepnin, Prof. Thomas Hartman (polyphony);

1918-1921 - Tbilisi Conservatoire class of Professor N. N. Cherepnin Composition;

1926-1927. - Paris Conservatoire (France) composition class of composer professor Paul Vidal (1863-1931);

Geographic Location of Work

Poland (Warsaw), Georgia (Tbilisi, Gori), Russia (Dagestan, Moscow, Leningrad), France (Paris)

Place of Work

Position

1921-1923 - Tbilisi No. 2 Music School, School Principal;

Since 1922 - Composed and arranged music for Tbilisi Rustaveli Theather, Kutaisi Theater, Moscow Theater,  and for director Kote Marjanishvili’s plays;

1922-1926. - Head and composer of the music department of Tbilisi Rustaveli Theater;

1928-1930. - Composed and arranged  music for plays at the second state theater (Kutaisi-Batumi Theater) founded by  Kote Marjanishvili;

1930 – Composed and arranged music at Moscow "Korsh" Theater;

1930-1933 - Composed and arranged music for plays at the State Drama Theater led by Kote Marjanishvili;

1934-1938 - Composed and arranged music for Moscow theaters - "Small Academic", "Ermolov", "Comedy and Drama";

1938 - Composed and arranged music for Kutaisi Theater;

1969 - Composed and arranged music in the leading theaters of Moscow, Participated in literary activities (wrote articles, reviews, publications, etc.);

Field of Work

Compositional Work: Chamber Instrumental: Piano, ensembles; Chamber-Vocals: Vocal Cycles, romance pieces, songs;  Symphony, ballet, music for pantomimes; Music for dramatic and comedy; Performed musical arrangements at gatherings (piano); Literary Works: Memoir, review, libretto, etc.

Family Members

Father - Nikoloz Vakhvakhishvili, military person - Guard officer, known as a singer (lyrical tenor) and violinist.

Mother - unknown

Cousin-academician Ivane Javakhishvili

Close Persons

Kote Marjanishvili, Petre Otskheli, Veriko Anjaparidze

Marital Status

Single

Descendants / Heirs

None

Location of Research Material

Kote Marjanishvili State Academic Drama Theatre archive;

Georgian State Museum of Theatre, Music, Cinema, and Choreography - Art Palace archive;