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Sophia Sagaradze

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Sophio Sagaradze

Composer, Teacher, Performer, Artistic Director

 

V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory, Andria Balanchivadze scholarship (2016, 2017, 2018);

 

Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen foundation prize – “Talent awards” – Best composition  (Denmark 2022);

 

 

Birth date & place

 

1997.06.05. Tbilisi

Closest Anniversary Date

 

2027 will mark 30 years since birth

Education

School, Teacher

 

2003-2015 – Tbilisi #195 public school;

2004-2015 –Tbilisi conservatory music school; Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili central music school;  Piano class of Marina Tsuxishvili; Composition class of Maka Virsaladze; 

2015-2019  - V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory (TSC), Bachelor degree in classical composition; teacher Maka Virsaladze;

2019 -  Franz Liszt Music Academy (Hungary); Classical Composition (Erasmus+);

2019-2021 – The Royal Music Academy (Denmark), Master Degree in Electronic Composition; Supervisors: Henrik Munch, Juliana Hodkinson (DIEM);

Geographic Location of Activities

 

Georgia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Austria, Germany, Italy, Hungary;

Currently lives in Denmark;

Workplace & Position

 

2015-2018 – Festival “Woman & Music” (Tbilisi, Georgia) co-organiser, participant;

2016-2017 - V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory, Student union and faculty board member;

2018-2019 - V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory, Student union president;

2018-2019 – National Center for Education Quality Development (Georgia), Expert;

2019 –        School Music Book . I -VI classes (Authors: Qumsishvili/Julakidze). Paino teaching methodology short course (N. Kasradze), Electronic sheet music version performer;

2019-2020 - Festival RAMA, Projects manager, “Art Development Georgia”/RAMA Festival, Project cordinator;

2020-2021 - The Royal Music Academy (Aarhus), Live streaming manager / sound technician;

2021 – National movement festival (Denmark), producer, sound engineer;

2021 - NMFS sound engineer, co-producer;

2021-2023 - V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory music tehcnology faculty’s quality development group member;

2021 - The Royal Music Academy (Aarhus) invited lecturer;

2022 from August - The Royal Music Academy (Aarhus/Alborg) lecturer interactive project teaching;   prgoramming, periphonic setting, sound installation, entrepreneurship, composition);

From 2023 - ROSA, producing and sound manager (Denmark);

From 2021 – Aarhus sound association (Aarhus Lydforening), founder, artistic director (Denmark);

From 2024 -  Lydhavnen association (Foreningen Lydhavnen), board member (Denmark);

 

Field of Work

 

Compositional work: chamber-instrumental, music for plays, electronic music, art-projects, installations;

 

Ancestors, Family Members & Descendants

 

Father – Nikoloz Sagaradze (1968) Financist;

Mother - Ekaterine Gagnidze (1971) Chemist;

Sister – Mariam Sagaradze (1993) wall painting conservation doctor;

Sister – Natalia Sagaradze (2003) computer science;

Sister – Tamar Sagaradze (2008) school student;

 

Research Material Location

 

Family archive; Denmark cultural fund; the Danish Composers' Association.

 

https://sophiasagaradze.com/

 

https://nielsen-legat.dk/sophia-sagaradze/

 

https://issuu.com/komponistforeningen/docs/ansats_2024_web

 

https://musikkons.dk/om-djm/ansatte/sophia-sagaradze/

 

https://billetto.dk/e/aeteren-open-sessions-9-sophia-sagaradze-billetter-1154053

 

https://www.regelbau411.dk/sophia-sagaradze

 

https://www.newmusicforstrings.org/sophia-sagaradze

 

https://radarlive.dk/blog/2024/october/sophia-sagaradze-jeg-havde-ikke-opnaaet-det-samme-uden-radar/