Date & Place of Birth

May 07, 1937

Tbilisi (Georgia)

Closest Anniversary Date

2027 will mark 90 years since birth.

Education (School, Teacher)

1943-1950 - Tbilisi Secondary School No. 23;

1945-1952 - Tbilisi Music School No. 3, piano teacher M. Saparova;

1952-1956 - Tbilisi D. Arakishvili I Music School, composition teacher Shalva Mshvelidze;

1956-1961 - Tbilisi V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory, Faculty of Composition and Musicology, Prof. Iona Tuskia's class; Faculty of Folk Musical Creativity, Prof. Grigol Chkhikvadze's class;

Geographic Location of Activities

Tbilisi (Georgia).

Workplace & Position

1959 - from - House of Artists, teacher;

1961-2006 - Tbilisi Music School No. 1, teacher of theoretical subjects;

Georgian Rustaveli Society, Chairman of the Culture Department;

Founder and implementer of the project "Propaganda of Georgian Song";

Field of Work

Compositional work: Chamber-instrumental, choral, chamber-vocal, ensembles, musical theater, children's, pop music;

Ancestors, Family Members & Descendants

Grandmother - Maro (Mariam) Estate’s daughter Tarkhnishvili (1891-1969), Georgian folk singer, founder of the choir, the first female ‘Lotbari’ in Georgia;

Father - Konstantine Giorgi dze Kvaliashvili (1906-1996), artist;

Mother - Tamar Dimitri’s daughter Tarkhnishvili (Tarkhan-Mouravi) (1909-1984), Georgian folk singer, member of Maro Tarkhnishvili's choir;

Brother - Firan Konstantine’s son Kvaliashvili;

Spouse - Fridon Silvestri’s son Naveriani (1928-2000), athlete, head of the Department of Mountain and Ski Sports of the Institute of Physical Culture, teacher, deputy chairman of the Mountain and Ski Sports Committee;

Son - Guram Fridoni’s son Naveriani (1959-1980);

Son - Nugzar (Nukri) Fridoni’s son Naveriani (1961);

Heir of creative work

Nugzar (Nukri) Naveriani;

Research Material Location

Family archive; Archive and library of the Tbilisi V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory; Radio archive of the Georgian Public Broadcaster;