Bidzina Kvernadze [SEP] place of death
Bidzina Kvernadze
Bidzina Kvernadze (), (29 July 1928, Sighnaghi, Georgia, – 8 July 2010, Tbilisi), was a famous Georgian composer.
Bidzina was born in Sighnaghi, the Kakheti region of former Soviet Georgia to Alexander Kvernadze, a pharmacist, and Nino Nadirashvili, a music teacher.
In 1948, Bidzina presented his musical works to Examination Commission, and he was accepted to the Tbilisi State Conservatoire with the highest score. He finished the composition class in 1958, taught by Andria Balanchivadze.
- Nino Ananiashvili
- George Balanchine (1904–1983), US choreographer; founder of school of American ballet
- Vakhtang Chabukiani
- Irma Nioradze
- Nikolai Tsiskaridze
Cultural figures Composers.
- Dimitri Arakishvili
- Andria Balanchivadze
- Meliton Balanchivadze
- Alexandre Basilaia
- Alexander Borodin (1834–1887) (ethnic Georgian) (Russia)
- Otar Gordeli
- Vakhtang Kakhidze
- Giya Kancheli (1935– )
- Bidzina Kvernadze
- Zurab Nadarejshvili
- Zakaria Paliashvili
- Otar Taktakishvili
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