Guia Kantcheli

Guia Kantcheli (in Géorgien: ka გიაყანჩელი; in) is a type-setter born with Tbilissi in Georgia on August 10th, 1935.

Biography

Kantcheli makes its studies between 1959 and 1963 with the national academy from Georgia, in Tbilissi. It composes the first of its seven Symphonie S in 1967. In Georgia, it is made known by its musics intended for the theater - it becomes besides in 1971 musical director of the Rustaveli Theater of the capital. In 1976, it receives a national price for its fourth symphony, which is created in January 1978 with the the United States by Iouri Temirkanov and the Orchestre of Philadelphia. Since, its works are played by large interpreters such as Dennis Russell Davies, Jansug Kakhidze, Gidon Kremer, Iouri Bachmet, Kim Kashkashian, Mstislav Rostropovitch or the Kronos Quartet.

Since 1991, Kantcheli left Georgia for Western Europe: initially Berlin, then Antwerp since 1995.

Its tonal , simple work often very , sometimes even minimalist, also borrows from modernistic type-setters such as Béla Bartók. Known primarily for its seven symphonies, it also composed several parts for orchestra, a opera and Chamber music.

In addition to one traditional repertory, he is the author of several film musics.

Works

• 1961 - Concerto for orchestra

• 1967 - Symphony No 1
• 1970 - Symphony No 2 Songs
• 1973 - Symphony No 3
• 1974 - Symphony No 4 With the memory of Michelangelo
• 1977 - Symphony No 5 With the memory of my parents
• 1978-1980 - Symphony No 6
• 1982-1984 - Music for the Living room , opera in two acts
• 1986 - Symphony No 7 Epilog
• 1996 - Time… and again , for violin and piano
• 1998 - Music off mourning with the memory of Luigi Nono, for Violin, Soprano and orchestrates
• 1999 - Styx , for viola, mixed chorus and orchestrates