Date & Place of Birth

January 12, 1957

Tbilisi (Georgia)

Closest Anniversary Date

2027 will mark 70 years since birth.

Education (School, Teacher)

1963-1971 - Tbilisi Secondary School No. 47;

1964-1971 - Tbilisi Music School No. 1, Piano Department, E. Khalatova's class;

1971-1975 - Tbilisi M. Balanchivdze 3rd Music School, Theory and Composition Class, Teachers E. Edilashvili and A. Shaverzashvili;

1975 -1980 - V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory, Faculty of Musicology, Ketevan Tumanishvili's class;

1982 - 1985 - V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory, Faculty of Composition, Composer A. Shaverzashvili's class;

Geographic Location of Activities

Tbilisi, Gori (Georgia).

Workplace & Position

1980-1981 - Gori Music School, teacher (polyphony, instrumental music);

1982-1994 - Tbilisi 3rd Music School, teacher (composition, solfeggio, harmony);

1994 - from - Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili "Decade of Talents", teacher (solfeggio, harmony, instrumental music, orchestration);

2006 - from - Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili "Decade of Talents", head of the children's orchestra;

2008-2010 - Zaldastanishvili American Academy, teacher (music);

Field of Work

Chamber-symphonic, vocal-symphonic, chamber-instrumental, chamber-vocal, piano, choral, children's music;

Ancestors, Family Members & Descendants

Father - Aleksandre Arkady’s son Odisharia (1914-1991), actor, Tbilisi V. Abashidze Musical Comedy Theater;

Mother - Tinatin Nikolozi’s daughter Nasidze (1919-1993), actress, Nodar Dumbadze Theater for Young Spectators, head of the Tbilisi Conservatory Chancellery;

Brother - Merab Aleksandre’s son Odisharia (1948-2022), musicologist, pianist, head of the Folklore Department at the State Conservatory, journalist for the First Georgian Channel;

Spouse - Aliko Valiko’s son Kakulia (1955), economist;

Children:

Giorgi Aliko’s son Kakulia (1987), forester;

Lasha Aliko’s son Kakulia (1988), winemaker;

Grandchildren:

Tinatin Giorgi’s daughter Kakulia, school student;

Barbara Giorgi’s daughter Kakulia, school student;

Nephew - Beka Merabi’s son Odisharia (1974), Chairman of the Culture and Education Committee of the Tbilisi City Council;

Close Persons

Zurab Gabunia, Giga Tagauri, Levan Tsintsadze, Nodar Zhvania, Manana Gotsiridze, Tamar Mikadze, Esma Kiria, Tinatin Mgaloblishvili;

Heir of creative work

Aliko Kakulia, Giorgi Kakulia, Lasha Kakulia;

Research Material Location

Family archive; Archives and Library of the Tbilisi V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory;  Georgian Radio Fund;