Koka Nikoladze

Koka Nikoladze
Koka Nikoladze, in 2014
Background information
Birth name	Akaki Nikoladze
Born	(1989-09-30) 30 September 1989 (age 35) Tbilisi, Georgia
Genres	Contemporary music
Occupation(s)	Composer, violinist, sound artist, computer musician
Years active	2010–present
Website	www.nikoladze.eu

Koka Nikoladze (born 30 September 1989, in Tbilisi) is a Georgian composer and sound artist based in Europe. 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]

References

1. "Homepage". Archived from the original on 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
2. "NMZ 2011.06"
3. "MH-Stuttgart Programm 02.07.2011"
4. "Die Drei Tode des Narziss, Programm 2010 - 2012, 2"

• "Projects page"
• "About page"
• "CES website"