Aleksi Machavariani
Aleksi Davitis dze Machavariani (23 September 1913 – 31 December 1995) was a Soviet and Georgian composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was granted the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1958.
Also recorded as Aleksej Mačavariani · Aleksi Davitis dze Machavariani · Aleksi Davitis dze Mach’avariani · Aleksey Davidovich Machavariani
Aleksi Machavariani
- Full name
- ალექსეი მაჭავარიანი.
- Born
- 1913. · Gori.
- Died
- 1995. · Tbilisi.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire, Soviet Union and Georgia.
- Occupation
- conductor, composer, politician and music teacher.
- Fields
- opera.
- Education
- Tbilisi State Conservatoire.
- Honours
- Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of the Badge of Honour, People's Artist of the USSR and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
- Languages
- Georgian.
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Aleksi Davitis dze Machavariani (23 September 1913 – 31 December 1995) was a Soviet and Georgian composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was granted the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1958.
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Aleksi Machavariani (1913–1995) was a composer, conductor and music teacher, among other activities, a national of Georgia and the Russian Empire. The composer was born ალექსეი მაჭავარიანი in Gori and died in Tbilisi.
Aleksi Machavariani was educated at Tbilisi State Conservatoire. The composer was a member of Union of Soviet Composers.
The work spans opera. Languages used include Georgian. Honours include Order of Lenin, Order of the Badge of Honour and Order of the Red Banner of Labour, among others.
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Biography
Biography
Aleksi Machavariani studied at Tbilisi State Conservatoire. The recorded working language is Georgian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Positions recorded include deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of the Badge of Honour and People's Artist of the USSR.
Aleksi Machavariani was born in Gori, Russian Empire. He graduated from the Tbilisi Conservatory in 1936 and remained there for postgraduate studies. He studied composition under Pyotr Ryazanov. Later he joined the faculty, becoming a professor in 1963. He began his artistic career in 1935. Machavariani produced a number of critically acclaimed plays and ballets, including the ballet "Othello" (1957) and "Hamlet" (~1964), the operas "Mat i Sin" (Mother and Son, 1945), "Den moei Rodini" (Day of My Motherland, 1954), the symphony "Piat monologov" (Five Monologues, 1971; it earned the Shota Rustaveli Prize). He also wrote the music to many theatrical productions, including "Baratashvili" and "Legenda o liubvi"(Legend of Love). His output includes among other works also a violin concerto (1950), seven symphonies (1947–1992) and six string quartets (the last in 1993). He was the artistic director of the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra from 1956 till 1958 and directed the Composers' Union of Georgia from 1962 till 1968. His son, Vakhtang Machavariani, was also a composer and conducted his father's works.
As Composer
As Composer
His son Vakhtang Machavariani conducted several of his works: Machavariani, A.; Mačavariani, Vaxtang; Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. Kirova Orkestr (1988), Simfonii︠a︡ no 3: odnochastnai︠a︡ (in no linguistic content), [Tbilisi]: Melodii︠a︡, OCLC 34302032 Machavariani, A.; Mačavariani, Vaxtang; Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. Kirova Orkestr (1990), Simpʻonia no. 5: Ušba (in no linguistic content), [Soviet Union]: Melodii︠a︡, OCLC 30962664 Machavariani, A.; Mačavariani, Vaxtang; Leningradskai︠a︡ gosudarstvennai︠a︡ filarmonii︠a︡. Akademicheskiĭ simfonicheskiĭ orkestr (1987), Simfonii︠a︡ no 1 (in no linguistic content), [Moscow]: Melodii︠a︡, OCLC 1013903536 Machavariani, A.; Mačavariani, Vaxtang; Shakespeare, William; Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. Kirova Orkestr (1986), Otello: balet (in no linguistic content), [Soviet Union]: Melodii︠a︡, OCLC 30962665 Machavariani, A.; Mačavariani, Vaxtang; Rozanova, Natalʹi︠a︡.; Rustaveli, Shota; Gosudarstvennyĭ simfonicheskiĭ orkestr Ministerstva kulʹtury SSSR (1983), The man in the panther's skin (in no linguistic content), USSR: Melodii︠a︡, OCLC 31808306
Life and career
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Life and career
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1913
Aleksi Machavariani born at Gori.
1995
Aleksi Machavariani died at Tbilisi.
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Gori.
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Tbilisi.
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Awards and honors
Honored Art Worker of the Georgian SSR (1950) Stalin Prize, 3rd class (1951) People's Artist of the USSR (1958) Order of the Badge of Honour (1963) Order of Lenin (1966) Shota Rustaveli Prize (1971) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1973) Order of Honor (Georgia) (1995)
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- 1.Gulbat Toradze. Machavariani, Aleksi. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.17336.
- 2.Alexi Matchavariani. Georgian Classic. 14 September 2023.
- 3.Taylor and Francis. The Shakespearean International Yearbook. 18. 102–120. 2020. 9781000074529.
- 4.Allardyce Nicoll. Shakespeare Survey. Cambridge University Press. 18. 89. 2002. 9780521523547.
- 5.Sikorski Verlag. Alexi Matchavariani Werkverzeichnis.
- 6.Wörner, Karl H. Current Chronicle. The Musical Quarterly. 40. 3. 417. 1954. 0027-4631.
- 7.Mikaberidze, Alexander (ed., 2007). Machavariani, Aleksey
- 8.Vakhtang Matchavariani.
- 9.От Комитета по Государственным премиям Грузинской ССР имени Шота Руставели. Zarya Vostoka. 110. 3. 14 May 1971.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Korzaia, Manana. Alexi Matchavariani : creator and time : 100 years. [S.l.]. 2013. 1037901661.
- Manana Kordsaia: Alexi Matchavariani: der Komponist und seine Zeit, ed. Vakhtang Matchavariani; translated from Georgian into German by Natia Mikeladse-Bachsoliani, Hofheim: Wolke, 2015,
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