Giya Kancheli
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Born | Tbilisi, Georgia (country) | July 10, 1935
Died | October 2, 2019 Tbilisi, Georgia | (aged 84)
Genres | Film score, contemporary classical music, jazz |
Occupation(s) | Composer |
Years active | 1964–2014 |
Giya Kancheli (Georgian: გია ყანჩელი; August 10, 1935 – October 2, 2019) was an Georgian composer.[1] After the fall of the Soviet Union he became famous as one of the composers who resisted pressure to conform to official Soviet styles of music.[2] Kancheli has composed many soundtracks for movies such as Mimino, Kin-dza-dza!, Passport, Blue Mountains, The Eccentrics, and Extraordinary Exhibition.
Kancheli died at his home in Tbilisi on October 2, 2019 at the age of 84.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Giya Kancheli". The Living Composers Project. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ↑ Joseph Stevenson. "Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ↑ Умер Гия Канчели - создатель музыки к "Мимино" и "Кин-дза-дза" (in Russian)
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