Date of birth, place

1957.02.25.  Tbilisi

The nearest anniversary date

2027 70 years from birth

Education

(School, Teacher)

1964-1972 - Tbilisi Secondary School No. 57;

1964-1972 - Tbilisi Music School No. 3, teacher Tamar (Puska) Rusishvili;

1972-1976 - Tbilisi Music School. N 3, theoretical department, teachers Tamar (Puska) Rusishvili (piano), Nodar Mamisashvili (composition);

1976-1978 - Tbilisi V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory, faculty of composition, teacher Alexander Shaverzashvili;

1978-1983 - Peter Tchaikovsky School, Moscow. State Conservatoire, Faculty of Composition and Music Theory, composition teachers: Nikolai Sidelnikov, Edison Denisov;

1992-1997 - University of Edinburgh, Faculty of Composition, supervisor Nigel Osborne; 1998 - was awarded the degree of doctor (PhD) in composition.;

Geographic data of activity

Tbilisi (Georgia), Great Britain

Work place

position

1983-1991 - Tbilisi 1st Music School, Music Teacher of theory subjects;

1985-1986 - Akhaltsikhe Music School, Music Teacher of theory subjects;

1986-1988 - Akhaltsikhe Drama Theater, head of the music department;

1992-2006 - Faculty of Music, Edinburgh University, lecturer;

2007-2008 - Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili School. Central Music School "Decade of Talents";, expert-consultant, head of the music theory and composition department;

2008-present - Ilia State University, Music Center, director, lecturer, head of the composition department, full professor;

Grants:

Edinburgh Contemporary Art Foundation (1994, 2003)

Endymion Ensemble (1994)

Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra (1995)

NKG Ensemble (1995)

One Voice Ensemble (1996)

Edinburgh Quartet (1998, 2002)

Scottish Charity Orchestra (1999)

Edinburgh International Festival (2000)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra (2001)

Scottish Arts Council (2001, 2002, 2005, 2008)

Hebrides Ensemble (2003)

BBC Scottish Orchestra (2008)

Artisan Trio (2013)

Edinburgh St. Music School named after the Mayor

Emperor Quartet

Creative Field

Composition works: solo, chamber and orchestral music

Ancestors / family members

Descendants

Father - Shota Adamia 1929 (geologist)

Mother - Tsitsino Kishmareishvili 1929-2018 (geologist)

Brother - Revaz Adamia 1952 - 2014 (biologist, politician, diplomat)

Spouse - Patrick Joseph (FJ) Hiller 1959 - 2020 (engineer-electronics) )

Heir of creative work

Levan Adamia (nephew), Aleksandre Adamia (nephew)

Locaton of Material

Family Archives