Birth name Jemal Gokieli Role Conductor Name Jemal Gokieli | Years active 1944–1991 Occupation(s) Conductor Genres Classical music | |
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Born July 4, 1920
Kutaisi, Georgia ( 1920-07-04 ) Died April 14, 1991, Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
Tengiz Amirejibi plays Nasidze Piano Concerto No. 1
Jemal Gokieli (Georgian: ჯემალ გოკიელი; July 4, 1920 - April 14, 1991) was a Georgian conductor.
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Biography
Jemal (Djemal) Gokieli was born on 4 July 1920 in Kutaisi, Western Georgia into the family of a prominent Georgian composer Vano (Ivane) Rafailovich Gokieli. In his childhood he used to play on organ in the Catholic Church of Kutaisi.
In 1940-es he studied conducting at Tbilisi and Moscow Conservatories where his tutors were Odysseas Dimitriadi, Grigori Stoliarov and Aleksandr Gauk.
In 1944-48 he worked as a conductor at Tbilisi State Opera and Ballet Theatre.
From 1948 until his death on 14 April 1991 he was a conductor of The Georgian State Symphony Orchestra.
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