Tbilisi State Conservatory

Tbilsi State Conservatoire is the State Conservatoire of Georgia, located in the capital Tbilsi.

1 May 1917 is registered in the Georgian music history as the birthday of the Tbilisi Conservatoire. In 1924 it got the status of State Conservatoire. Since 1947 it bears the name of Georgian singer- Vano Saradjishvili. As an architectural building, it has been included in the list of monuments of Georgian cultural heritage.
At different times the Tbilisi State Conservatoire was headed by prominent Georgian and Russian musicians, among them Nikolai Nikolaev (1917-1918), Nikolai Tcherepnin (1919-1922), Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1924-1925), founders of the new Georgian composer’s school- Zakaria Paliashvili (1918-1919;1922-1923;1930-1931), Dimitri Arakishvili (1926-1929); Otar Taktakishvili (1962-1964), Sulkhan Tsintsadze (1965-1984), Nodar Gabunia (1984-2000). Today the Rector of the Conservatoire is Professor Manana Doidjashvili, a pianist and a public figure.
The building was complete in 1917. There are 3 concert halls of the conservatoire: the Grand Hall (500 seats), Recital Hall (200 seats) and Chamber Hall (80 seats), Opera Studio and the Student Orchestra rehearsal halls; conference halls, audio library, equipped with modern technique and recording studios.
Among the first teachers in Conservatoire were students of F.Liszt, G.Weniavsky, A.Marmontel, P.Tchaikovsky, Moscheless and Kulau, as well as J.Lhevinne and R.Lhevinne- founders of the Juilliard School of Music; Georgian musicians, former alumni of the Moscow and St.Petersburg Conservatories – D.Arakishvili and Z.Paliashvili (composers); A.Tulashvili and A.Virsaladze (pianists); L.Iashvili and L.Shiukashvili (violinists); D.Andghuladze and A.Inashvili (singers); Greek conductor Odysseas Dimitriadis and others.
Among the graduates of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire are: composers Gia Kancheli and S. Nasidze, conductor Dj. Kakhidze, musicians Elisso Virsaladze, Dimitri Bashkirov, Lev Vlasenko, Tamar Gabarashvili, Alexander Toradze, Marine Iashvili, Alexander Korsantia, Zurab Andjaparidze, Iano Alibegashvili (Tamari), Lado Ataneli, and others.Today the conservatoire teachers’ staff includes about 200 professors.
Cultural events take place in its walls include: music forums, national and international competitions, international symposia and scientific conferences, master classes, concerts and student opera performances at the conservatoire Opera Studio.
Tbilisi State Conservatoire is the heart of concert life of Georgia. At different times different musicians of the world performed on the stages of the Grand and Recital Halls of the conservatoire, viz: V.Horowitz, E.Petri, D. Shtidri, O.Ridi, S.Richter, D.Oistrakh, E.Gilels, M.Rostropovich and others.
The publications on scientific and methodological matters are issued. Since 2004 the conservatoire has its electronic magazine.The Conservatoire has the Kutaisi Branch.
The conservatoire has close to 400 students.Since 1995 State conservatoire has adopted two-step European Educational System of studies. Since 2006 the Tbilisi State Conservatoire has become a member of the European AEC (European Association of Conservatories). From 2005 the conservatoire has joined the Bologna Process with its transfer and credit system.

ee also

*Music of Georgia

External links

* [http://www.conservatoire.ge Tbilisi Conservatoire Official website]