Archil Kereselidze

Archil Kereselidze
არჩილ კერესელიძე
Archil Kereselidze
Born(1912-12-24)24 December 1912
Gunib, Dagestan, Russian Empire
Died21 December 1971(1971-12-21) (aged 58)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Resting place
Didube Pantheon, Tbilisi
OccupationComposer

Archil Pavles dze Kereselidze (Georgian: არჩილ კერესელიძე; 24 December 1912 – 21 December 1971) was a Georgian composer. Active in opera, operetta, theatre and film music, he was named a People's Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1961.[1][2]

Early life and education

Kereselidze was born on 24 December 1912 in Gunib, in Dagestan.[1] He graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatoire in 1934 and from the Moscow Conservatory in 1939, where he studied composition under Nikolai Myaskovsky.[1] As a youth he was encouraged by the composer Zacharia Paliashvili.[1]

Career

From 1940 to 1944 Kereselidze taught polyphony at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, and in the 1940s he headed the music department of the Marjanishvili Theatre in Tbilisi.[1] From 1953 until his death he worked as a music editor and composer at the Georgian Film Studio.[1]

His works include the opera Bashi-Achuki (1945), the ballet Nazibrola (1947), the musical comedies Under the Tbilisi Sky (1949), Return from the Moon (1963) and Cherry Blossom (1965), a symphony and two piano concertos, as well as music for theatre productions.[1] He also wrote scores for many Georgian films, including Keto and Kote (1948), Magdana's Donkey (1955) and The Right Hand of the Grand Master (1969).[1]

Awards and honours

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Death

Kereselidze died in Tbilisi on 21 December 1971 and was buried at the Didube Pantheon.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 არჩილ კერესელიძე [Archil Kereselidze]. Georgian Biographical Dictionary (in Georgian). National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  2. ↑ Toradze, G. (1980). "Kereselidze, Archil" (PDF). Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Vol. 5. Tbilisi. p. 475.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Further reading

  • Toradze, G. (1980). "Kereselidze, Archil" (PDF). Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Georgian). Vol. 5. Tbilisi. p. 475.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Encyclopedic Dictionary of Georgian Music. Tbilisi. 2015. pp. 247–248 (in Georgian).
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