Place & Date of Birth

December 15, 1910 (O.S.) December 28, 1910 (N.S.), Kutaisi (Georgia)

Place & Date of Death

November 23, 1983 Tbilisi (Georgia)

Place of Burial

The ancestral burial site, Vake Cemetary,  Tbilisi

Closest Anniversary Date

2025 will mark 115 years since birth

2023 will mark 40 years since death

Education

(School, Teacher)

1930 - Graduated from Tbilisi Music School, Piano Department, class of Ana Tulashili;

1930-1933 - Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Piano Department, class of Ana Tulashvili;

1933-1935 - Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Composition Department, class of Michail Bagrinovsky and Iona Tuskia;

1935-1938 - Tbilisi State Conservatoire, postgraduate studies, Composition,  under the guidance of Peter Ryazanov and Boris Arapov;

Geographic Location of Work

Tbilisi (Georgia)

Place of Work  & Position

1937-1940 - Tbilisi Music School No 4, Teacher, Theoretical Subjects;

1938-1943 - Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Composition Class Assistant (Instructor Sargis Barkhudaryan);

1938-1983 - Tbilisi Zakaria Paliashvili Central Music School (10-year Gifted Music School), Teacher, Theoretical Subjects;

1964-1983 – Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Composition Department, Docent.

Field of Work

Compositional Works: Symphony: Suites, poem, concert; Chamber Instrumental: Piano, instrumental quintet; Chamber Vocal: Vocal cycles, romance pieces, songs;

Music Education Heritage: Scientific works, articles, and musical textbooks for schools;

Family Members

Grandfather - Felix Mizandari 1843-1896 (pianist, teacher),

Great uncle - Aloiz Mizandari 1838-1912 (pianist, composer, educator, founder of Georgian piano school)

Father - Levan Slyanov (lawyer)

Mother – Sophio Mizandari

Uncle – Valerian Mizandari 1894-1926 (opera conductor, founder of the Military Band of the National Guard of Georgia, formerly known as People’s Guard Band )

Close Persons

Dimitri Arakishvili, Zakaria Paliashvili, Olga Baramishvili, Revaz Gabichvadze, Nikoloz Gudiashvili, Aleksandre Shaverzashvili

Marital Status

Single

Descendants/Heirs

None

Location of Research Material

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

Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire archive;                                                                          

National Archives of Georgia;