Georgian composer (1935–2019)
Musical artist
Gia Kancheli (Georgian :გია ყანჩელი [ 1] Georgian composer .[ 2] Tbilisi , Georgia, and resided inBelgium in later life.
After thedissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kancheli lived first inBerlin , and from 1995 inAntwerp , where he became composer-in-residence for theRoyal Flemish Philharmonic .[ 3]
In his symphonies, Kancheli's musical language typically consists of slow scraps of minor-mode melody against long, subdued, anguished string discords.Rodion Shchedrin called Kancheli "an ascetic with the temperament of amaximalist ; a restrainedVesuvius ".[ 4]
Kancheli wrote seven symphonies, and what he termed aliturgy forviola andorchestra ,Mourned by the Wind . thePhiladelphia Orchestra underYuri Temirkanov gave the American premiere of his Fourth Symphony in 1978, not long before the cultural freeze in the United States againstSoviet culture.Glasnost allowed Kancheli to regain exposure, and he began to receive frequent commissions, as well as performances in Europe and North America.[ 5]
Championed internationally byLera Auerbach ,Dennis Russell Davies ,Jansug Kakhidze ,Gidon Kremer ,Yuri Bashmet ,Kim Kashkashian ,Mstislav Rostropovich , and theKronos Quartet , Kancheli saw world premieres of his works in Seattle, as well as with theNew York Philharmonic underKurt Masur . He continued to receive regular commissions. Recordings of his works are regularly released, notably on the ECM label.[ 6]
His workStyx is for solo viola, chorus and orchestra. It is a farewell to his friendsAvet Terterian andAlfred Schnittke , whose names the chorus sings during the piece.[ 7]
For two decades, Kancheli was the music director of theRustaveli Theatre in Tbilisi. He composed an opera,Music for the Living , in collaboration with Rustaveli directorRobert Sturua , and in 1999, the opera was restaged for the Deutsches National Theater inWeimar .[ 8]
He wrote music for films such asGeorgiy Daneliya 's science fiction filmKin-dza-dza! 2013 animated remake .[ 9]
Music for the living , opera in two acts (1982–1984)SymphoniesSymphony No. 1 (1967) Symphony No. 2"Songs" (1970) Symphony No. 3 (1973) Symphony No. 4"To the Memory of Michelangelo" (1974) Symphony No. 5"To the Memory of My Parents" (1977) Symphony No. 6 (1978–1980) Symphony No. 7"Epilogue" (1986) Concerto for Orchestra (1961) Mourned by the Wind (Vom Winde beweint ), liturgy for viola (or cello) and orchestra (1989)Morning Prayers for chamber orchestra and tape (1990)Abii ne viderem ("I turned away so as not to see") for alto flute / viola, piano and string orchestra (1992–1994)Another Step... (Noch Einen Schritt...) (1992)Wingless (1993)Magnum Ignotum (1994)Trauerfarbenes Land (1994)Lament, Music of Mourning in Memory of Luigi Nono (1994)Simi, "Joyless Thoughts" , for cello and orchestra (1995)...à la Duduki (1995)V & V (1995)Valse Boston for piano and strings (1996)Diplipito Childhood Revisited (Besuch In Der Kindheit) (1998)Sio for strings, piano and percussion (1998)Rokwa (1999)And Farewell Goes Out Sighing... (1999)A Little Daneliade (2000)...al Niente (2000)Ergo (2000)Don’t Grieve (2001)Fingerprints (2002)Lonesome – 2 great Slava from 2 GKs (2002)Warzone (2002)Twilight (2004)Ex Contrario (2006)Kapote (2006)Silent Prayer (2007)Broken Chant (2007)Ilori (2010)Lingering for large orchestra (2012)Nu.Mu.Zu (I don't know) (2015)Letters to Friends (2016)Music for Wind Quintet and Orchestra (2016)Wind Quintet (1961) Night Prayers for string quartet (1992–1995)Caris Mere Magnum Ignotum for wind ensemble and tape (1994)Instead of a Tango for violin,bandoneon , piano and double bass (1996)Time... and Again for violin and piano (1996)In L'Istesso Tempo for piano quartet (1997)Ninna Nanna for flute and string quartet (2008)Chiaroscuro for string quartet (2011)Wind Quintet (2013) Light Sorrow , music for orchestra, boys' choir and two boy sopranos (for the 40th anniversary of the victory over fascism) (1984)Midday Prayers for soprano, clarinet and chamber orchestra (1990)Evening Prayers , for eight alto voices and chamber orchestra (1991)Psalm 23 , for soprano and chamber orchestra (1993)Lament , concerto for violin, soprano and orchestra (1994)Diplipito , for cello, counter-tenor and chamber orchestra (1997)And Farewell Goes Out Sighing... for violin, countertenor and orchestra (1999)Styx , for viola, mixed choir and orchestra (1999)Little Imber (Kancheli) Amao Omi Lulling the Sun , for six-part mixed choir and percussion (2008)Dixi , for mixed choir and orchestra (2009)
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