Zurab Nadareishvili


Zurab Nadareishvili is a Georgian composer and academic.
Chiefly known as a composer of chamber music, he is a notable representative of the generation of Georgian composers that arose in the 1980s.

Biography

Nadareishvili was born in Poti, Georgia, where he went to primary and music school. From 1973 to 1978 he studied at the Georgian Polytechnic Institute ; after that he resumed music lessons and in 1982 entered Tbilisi State Conservatoire, composition class. During the studies at the conservatoire he participated in students' music festivals in Georgia, as well as other countries.
In 1987 he graduated from the conservatoire and continued post-graduate study again under his guidance.
In 1987 his String Quartet was awarded a First Prize at the Moscow All-Union Competition. After that it was successfully performed in Saint Petersburg, Warsaw, Amsterdam and USA by the Petersburg String Quartet.
Zurab Nadareishvili is a member of the Georgian Composers’ Union. In 1996 he became a board member of the Georgian Composers’ Union.
In 1995 he was awarded first prize by the Georgian Composers’ Union for the year's best creation.
In 1997 his "Variations for piano and orchestra" was awarded a III Prize at the Moscow Prokofiev International Competition.
At present he is a professor at Tbilisi State Conservatoire, where he teaches composition. He is also a musical editor of "KVALI" Film Studio.
In 1985 he married the physicist Nino Shavdia.They have two children.

List of Works

  • Pieces for piano ;
  • Three romances for voice and piano ;
  • Sonata for violin and piano ;
  • Piece for clarinet and piano ;
  • Variations for piano ;
  • Four pieces for string quartet ;
  • Music for 13 strings;
  • Brass quintet ;
  • String quartet N 1 ;
  • Symphonic poem ;
  • Piano quintet N 1 ;
  • Piano trio ;
  • Variations for piano and orchestra ;
  • "Aphaniptera and formicidae" - chamber opera, based on a Georgian folk-tale ;
  • "Chants" - for nine instruments ;
  • "Mon Plaisir" - for six instruments ;
  • "Rhapsody" - for guitar and string quartet ;
  • String Quartet No 2 ;
  • "Dance" - for flute, clarinet, vibraphone and guitar ;
  • "Litany" for strings, percussions and tape ;
  • Piano quintet No 2 ;
  • "Phoenix" – for piano, string quartet and tape ;
  • "Pastorale" – for recorder, flute, oboe, soprano saxophone and harpsichord ;
  • "Nuages" – for Orchestra. Performed in Tbilisi ;
  • "Dialogue-Contrasts" - for flute, string trio, piano and tape. Performed in Tbilisi and in Fribourg by Ensemble "Recherche" ;
  • "Rendezvous" – for oboe solo. Performed in Tbilisi ;
  • "Cadenza" – for viola solo. Performed in Tbilisi ; performed in USA in 2010 and 2011
  • 2 movements – for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano. Performed in USA ;
  • Etude – for piano. Performed in USA ;
  • "Life is a dream" – 2-act Opera on own libretto ;
  • "Pot-pourri" – for 3 pianos and 16 hands. Performed in Tbilisi ;
  • Incidental music for plays and films.