Kakhidze, Dzhansug Ivanovich

Born on May 26, 1936 , (according to other sources - January 10 ^[2] ), in Tbilisi (according to other sources - in the village of Obcha, Baghdat District, Georgian SSR ^[3] ) in the family of a winemaker .

In 1958 he graduated from the faculty of choral conducting of the Tbilisi Conservatory , in 1963 - graduate school in opera and symphony conducting there under the direction of Odyssey Dimitriadi . Trained in France with Igor Markevich .

At an early stage of his creative activity, Dzhansug Kakhidze was fond of folklore singing and founded the vocal ensemble " Shvidkatsa " ("Seven"), performing Georgian folk music, which in 1957 received a gold medal at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow . A year later, the ensemble received a gold medal at the World Exhibition in Brussels .

In 1958 - 1962 - artistic director and chief conductor of the State Choir of Georgia .

In 1962 - 1971 - conductor of the Georgian Opera and Ballet Theater (Tbilisi) (in 1965 - 1968 - chief conductor).

In 1971 - 1973 he directed the opera house in Lodz ( Poland ), where, in particular, he staged Zakharia Paliashvili 's opera Abesalom and Eteri .

In 1973 - 1993 - artistic director and chief conductor of the GSO of the Georgian SSR . At the same time, in 1982 he returned to the Georgian Opera and Ballet Theater and directed his orchestra until the end of his life. Conducted by the premieres of the operas Salome by R. Strauss , Music for the Living by G. A. Kancheli and others.

In 1993, he founded the new Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra and was also its permanent leader.

For many years, Dzhansuga Kakhidze linked the creative community with the composer Gia Kancheli; in particular, Kakhidze performed and recorded all his symphonies.

Among the recordings are the works of Ludwig van Beethoven , Johannes Brahms , Edward Grieg , Gustav Mahler , Claude Debussy , Edison Denisov , Alexei Machavariani , Guy Kancheli , Felix Mendelssohn , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Modest Mussorgsky , Karlis Raffaulff Orffelwen Orslav Morsorg , Karl Orsavlof Franclav Orffelwen Orffelwerff Porf Orwelff Orffelwerff Orffelwerff Orffelwerff Orwalff Frandelf Orwelff Orffelwerff Orwalff Orffelwerff Orffelwerff Orffelwerff Orffelwerff Orffelwerff Orffelwerff Orffelwaf , Sergei Rachmaninov , Igor Stravinsky , Avet Terterian , Manuel de Falla , Cesar Frank , Aram Khachaturian , Pyotr Tchaikovsky , Frederic Chopin , Johann Strauss , Franz Schubert , Rodion Shchedrin , Dmitry Shostakovich , Joseph Haydn , Sulkhan Nasidze , Revaz Gabichvadze , David Toradze .

He has performed a lot abroad: he conducted the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , the London , Washington, Boston , Sydney and Melbourne symphony okestrums, the Paris Radio orchestra and the La Scala Milan Orchestra.

His conductor’s wand is in the Giuseppe Verdi Museum in Busseto .

Dzhansug Kakhidze belongs to a number of films made by the Georgia-Film Studio, of which the film “ The Legend of the Suram Fortress ” (1984) is the most famous. And in the picture of Otar Ioseliani " There lived a song thrush " (1971) Kakhidze played the role of conductor.

Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Georgian SSR ^[4] .

He died on March 8, 2002 , according to other sources - March 7 ^[5] ) in Tbilisi . He was buried in the Didube pantheon .

• son - Vakhtang Kakhidze (b. 1959 ), composer and conductor, who headed the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra in 2002 after the death of his father.

Movie Music

Vocals

• 1974 - Ra-ni-na (animated)
• 1981 - Open the windows
• 1994 - Lullaby

Scoring

• 1974 - Watermelon (animated)

Roles

• 1970 - There lived a songbird - conductor
• 1996 - Robbers. Chapter VII - Conductor

• People's Artist of the Georgian SSR ( 1978 ) ^[2]
• People's Artist of the USSR ( 1985 )
• State Prize of the Georgian SSR named after Shota Rustaveli ( 1977 )
• State Prize of Georgia
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor
• Order of the Badge of Honor (04.17.1958)