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Name
  
Andria Balanchivadze

Role
  
Composer


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Died
  
April 28, 1992, Tbilisi, Georgia

Siblings
  
George Balanchine, Tamara Balanchivadze

Parents
  
Meliton Balanchivadze, Maria Nikolayevna Vasilyeva

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Andria Balanchivadze (Georgian: ანდრია მელიტონის ძე ბალანჩივაძე, Andria Melit'onis dze Balanchivadze, Russian: Андре́й Мелито́нович Баланчива́дзе, Andrei Melitonovich Balanchivadze) (1 June 1906 [O.S. 19 May] – 28 April 1992) was a Georgian composer. He was the son of Meliton Balanchivadze, the composer, and brother of George Balanchine, the famous Georgian-American ballet choreographer.

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Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, he graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatory in 1927 and Leningrad Conservatory in 1931, where he studied with Pyotr Ryazanov. Upon his return to Georgia, he became the musical director of several theatres from 1931-1934. Having barely survived Joseph Stalin's purges, he became a professor at the Tbilisi Conservatory in 1942 and served as an artistic director of the Georgian State Symphony from 1941-48. He became a major influence in musical politics as chair (1953), and first secretary (1955–61, 1968–72) of the Union of Georgian Composers. Balanchivadze’s numerous symphonies, pianoforte concerts, and compositions for the stage heavily contributed to modern Georgian classical music. He also authored the first Georgian ballet, The Heart of the Mountains (1936).

He was granted the titles of the People's Artist of Georgia (1957) and of the Soviet Union (1968) and awarded with several prizes, including the USSR State Prize in 1944 and the Shota Rustaveli State Prize in 1969.

Andria balanchivadze piano concerto 3 1952


References

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