Mariam (Mako) Gviniashvili
Mariam (Mako) Ghviniashvili
Composer, teacher, performer
2024 Work of the Year - Norsk Komponistforening - for RUINS (Norway)
2024-26 State Grant for Artists, Norwegian Arts Council (Norway)
2024 40.4 Festival for Immersive Sound - Call for ambisonics works - Winner for RUINS (USA)
2023 Prix Art Electronica - Honorary mention for Trails (Austria)
2023 TONO scholarship - Norwegian Copyright Association
2022 TONO scholarship - Norwegian Copyright Association
2021 Work of the Year - Norsk Komponistforening - Nomination for Perihelion (Norway)
2021 EDVARDS-prisen - Contemporary Music Category - Nomination for Perihelion (Norway)
2021 Prix CIME residency - Winner, Deconstruction (EU)
2021 Prix Ars Electronica - Honorary mention for Deconstruction (Austria)
2020 Prix Ars Electronica Forum Wallis - official selection, Allotropy (Switzerland)
2017 Pecs Electroacoustic Music Competition, 1st prize, Coincidence (Hungary)
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Date & Place of Birth |
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May 26, 1989 Lagodekhi (Georgia)
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Closest Anniversary Date |
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20290 will mark 40 years since birth.
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Education (School, Teacher) |
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2018-2020 Norwegian Academy of Music – Music Performance Technology andElectroacoustic Composition, MA (with Natasha Barrett) 2016-2017 Franz Liszt Academy of Music - Electronic Music Media and Composition, MA II year (exchange program, with Andrea Szigetvari) 2014-2015 Norwegian Academy of Music - Music Technology and Composition, MA III semester (exchange program) 2013-2014 Tbilisi State Conservatoire - Music Composition, MA 2011-2012 Norwegian Academy of Music - Music Technology and Composition, BA IV year (exchange program) 2008-2011 Tbilisi State Conservatoire - Music Composition, BA 2004-2008 - Sighnaghi T. Matureli College of Arts; 1995-2007 - Lagodekhi I. Chavchavadze Secondary School N1;
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Geographic Location of Activities |
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Tbilisi (Georgia), Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, France, USA, Italy, Sweden, Latvia;
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Workplace & Position |
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2025 Jury member - SISS competition (Italy) 2025 Jury member - 3D Audio Production Competition (Italy) 2024 Jury member - SMC25 (Austria) 2022-25 Jury member - Matera Festival (Italy) 2022-23 Jury member - World Music Days (Norway) 2022 26 Committee member - Statens kunstestipend at Kulturdirektoratet 2021-24 producer at Nuts and Bolts 2020 to present board member of Notam, Nuts and Bolts 2020 to present co-organiser/co-host of Notam’s Online Spatial Audio Meetup 2020 to present co-organiser/co-host of Notam’s Online meet-up for Artist in Technology
TEACHING / GUEST LECTURES 2026 Composition workshop - Tito Schipa Conservatory (Italy) 2025 Guest Lecture - Virginia Tech (USA) 2025 Guest Lecture - Massachusetts University of Technology (USA) 2025 Spatial Audio Workshop - Berklee College of Music (USA) 2025 Spatial Audio Workshop - Royal Conservatory of Aarhus (Denmark) 2025 Spatial Audio Workshop - BEK (Norway) 2025 Cite de la Musique - Guest lecture (France) 2025 Agder University - Composition workshop (Norway) 2025 EMS - Spatial Audio Workshop (Sweden) 2025 Nuts and Bolts - Spatial Audio Workshop (Norway) 2024 Ambisonics for beginners - Workshop - Notam (Norway) 2024 Greenwich University - Guest lecture (UK) 2023 Spatial Audio Think Tank - Zimmt - Guest lecture (Germany) 2022 Immersive Audio Network - Ambisonics beginner course - Riga (Latvia) 2021 Tangible Music Lab - Anton Bruckner University - Guest lecture (Austria) 2020 Spatial Audio Workshop - Notam (Norway) Mariam Gviniashvili is a Georgian composer and visual artist living in Oslo. She works at the intersection of electroacoustic music, 3D sound, and instrumental composition, exploring the emotional and spatial dimensions of sound and how it can resonate through visual media. Mariam began her artistic journey as a singer and pianist before studying composition in Tbilisi, Budapest, and Oslo. This diverse background informs projects such as Trails and Deconstruction, both awarded by Prix Ars Electronica (Austria), and Ruins, winner of the 40.4 Festival for Ambisonic Works (USA) and the Work of the Year award (NKF). She has been commissioned by institutions including ZKM | Center for Art and Media, INA GRM, Notam, Henie Onstad Art Centre, MA/IN Festival, and the Hong Kong Visualisation Research Centre. Her work has been presented internationally and broadcast on BBC, SWR, and NRK radio.
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Field of Work |
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Multimedia; electronic music, electro-acoustic and 3D audio performance; |
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