Koka Nikoladze

Koka Nikoladze
Koka Nikoladze, in 2014
Koka Nikoladze, in 2014
Background information
Born
Akaki Nikoladze

(1989-09-30) 30 September 1989
GenresContemporary music
OccupationsComposer, violinist, sound artist, computer musician
Years active2010–present
Websitekoka.one

Koka Nikoladze (born 30 September 1989, in Tbilisi) is a Georgian composer and sound artist based in Oslo. He studied at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Musikhochschule Stuttgart and Norwegian Academy of Music. He studied composition with Zurab Nadarejshvili, Marco Stroppa and violin with Ernst Arakelov.[1]

Works

Nikoladze's compositions include:

  • 2010 "Starshine" for guitar, violin and percussion, uses a prepared guitar
  • 2011 "Poezdeplacement - Differentzeitmaßcope" for cembalo universale, violin and cello (Stuttgart micro tonality congress).[2]
  • 2011 "Luminarium" for piano, viola and clarinet for Le Balcon[3]
  • 2012 "Kepler Star Dj" for Piano, Timpani and electronics.
  • 2012 he wrote his first opera "Vor dem Gesetz" [Kafka], which was premiered at Wilhelmspalais Stuttgart as a part of the opening ceremony of contemporary music theater studio.[4]
  • 2022 "SINGULARITY", a video piece for composed for the Oslo Philharmonic where footage of individual musicians are edited and rearranged into a 15-minute symphonic work.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Homepage". Retrieved 2013-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "NMZ 2011.06"
  3. ↑ "MH-Stuttgart Programm 02.07.2011"
  4. ↑ "Die Drei Tode des Narziss, Programm 2010 - 2012, 2"
  5. ↑ "SINGULARITY, work for orchestra by Koka Nikoladze". ofo.no. Retrieved 2026-08-25.
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