The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory is a musical educational institution located in Moscow, Russia. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in musical performance and musical research. The conservatory offers various degrees including Bachelor of Music Performance, Master of Music and PhD in research.
Otar Vasilisdze Taktakishvili was a prominent Georgian composer, teacher, conductor, and musicologist of the Soviet period. Although in the West Taktakishvili is perhaps best known for his 1968 Sonata for Flute and Piano, his works include two symphonies, four piano concertos, two violin concertos, two cello concertos, and operas. He also wrote several symphonic poems and oratorios, as well as adaptations of Georgian folk songs and a multitude of compositions for instruments and voice.
Zurab Nadareishvili is a Georgian composer and academic.
Eliso Virsaladze is a Georgian pianist.
Sulkhan Fyodorovich Tsintsadze was a Georgian composer known for his chamber music and his film scores.
Odysseas Dimitriadis was a Georgian of Greek descent and Soviet classical music conductor. During his 70-year career, Odysseas had conducted a number of the world's leading orchestras, as well as being a main conductor of Georgia, USSR state orchestra and the Bolshoy Theatre orchestra. In 1980 he conducted during the opening and closing ceremony of the 1980 Summer Olympics, held in Moscow. He has received a number of awards and titles, including Ambassador of Hellenism, National Artist of the Soviet Union and Golden Medal of Athens.
Tbilisi State Conservatoire is the State Conservatoire of Georgia, located in the capital Tbilisi.
Andria Balanchivadze was a Georgian composer. He was the son of composer Meliton Balanchivadze and brother of ballet choreographer George Balanchine.
Jemal Gokieli was a Georgian conductor.
Simon (Soliko) Virsaladze was a Georgian and one of the Soviet Union's leading designers of ballet, film and opera. He also worked as collaborator with the founders of Georgian National Ballet company, Iliko Sukhishvili and Nino Ramishvili, in the creation of classic Georgian costumes.
Aleksandre "Aleksi" Machavariani was a Soviet and Georgian composer, conductor and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1958).
Maya Badian is a Romanian-born Canadian composer, musicologist, and professor.
Alexander Petrovich Osminin is a Russian classical pianist who gives concerts throughout the world.
Vakhtang (Vato) Kakhidze is a Georgian composer and conductor. He is the son of conductor Jansug Kakhidze. He graduated and postgraduated from the Moscow State Conservatory. He studied composition with Nikolai Sidelnikov and orchestration with Edison Denisov. Kakhidze is the conductor of Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra since 1993.
Nikoloz Rachveli is a Georgian conductor, composer and cultural manager. He composes and arranges for theatre and film, using themes from Georgian and non-Georgian composers. Memanishvili is the Principal Conductor of the Georgia National Symphony Orchestra, and Head of the Georgia National Music Center. He has been leading the Mikeladze Symphony Orchestra since 2007.
Nino Janjgava is a Georgian music composer.
Elene Virsaladze, also known as E. B. Virsaladze was a prominent Georgian folklorist known for her extensive writing and fieldwork. Her work has been translated into Russian, French, German, and English.
Anastasia Virsaladze née Abdushelishvili, Georgian: ანასტასია ვირსალაძე, was a Georgian concert pianist and music teacher. In 1921, she began to teach at the Tbilisi Conservatory. Promoted to professor in 1929, she remained there until her retirement in 1966, teaching over 100 pianists. Among her most prominent students were Dmitri Bashkirov, Lev Vlassenko and her own granddaughter Eliso Virsaladze.
Tamara Antonovna Shaverzashvili was a Georgian composer, pianist, and teacher who composed many children's songs and received an Honored Worker in Art award. She published her music under the name Tamara Shaverzashvili.
Revaz Ilias dze Lagidze was a 20th-century Georgian composer. Recognized as the People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1961) and a laureate of the USSR State Prize, he wrote a variety of compositions ranging from opera to symphonic works and film scores. Lagidze's notable compositions include his 1973 opera "Lela" and the "Song about Tbilisi", which remains popular in Georgia and Russia to this day.
