Aleksi Machavariani

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.

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