Lagidze, Revaz Ilyich

Revaz (Rezo) Ilyich Lagidze (Georgian: რევაზ ილიას ძე ლაღიძე; 1921—1981) — Soviet-Georgian composer.

Biography[edit]

He was born July 10, 1921 in the village of Baghdati in the Russian Empire, now Georgia.

In 1948 he graduated from the Tbilisi Conservatory as a composer. He was a pupil of Andria Balanchivadze. He began his artistic career in 1940. His first work in cinematography was the 1951 documentary "Assault on Eleven Peaks".

He was a violinist in the Georgian Philharmonic (1941-1945) and later the Georgian Radio (1945-1949) symphony orchestras. From 1962 he was the head of the music department of the Tbilisi Pedagogical Institute.

From 1964 he taught at the Tbilisi Conservatory.

Songwriting occupies a significant place in Lagidze's oeuvre. In collaboration with the poet Petre Gruzinsky he wrote the famous song "Tbiliso". He worked on musical comedies, as well as symphonic and chamber instrumental works. He also composed piano pieces, lyrical songs, and music for plays and films. He wrote the opera "Lela" (first staged in 1973 with the participation of Medea Amiranashvili, Zurab Anjaparidze, Tariel Chichinadze, Jemal Mdivani, Shota Chankvetadze, and Elza Garsevanishvili).

He died on October 16, 1981.

Honors[edit]

One of the music schools in Tbilisi was named after the composer.
The Tbilisi Pedagogical Institute, where Revaz Lagidze taught for about 20 years, established a prize named after him.

Works[edit]

Filmography[edit]

1951 — Assault on Eleven Peaks (documentary)
1953 — The Unruly Goat (animation)
1954 — Mzechabuki (animation)
1955 — The Magic Whistle
1957 — In a Sunny Land (documentary)
1957 — Young One from Sabudara
1959 — Shark Tooth
1959 — Nino
1959 — A Flower in the Snow
1960 — Interrupted Song (Prerusená piesen USSR, Czechoslovakia)
1961 — Good People
1961 — Under the Same Sky
1961 — Pigeons
1961 — Princess Maya
1961 — Fresco
1961 — A Beggar's Tale
1963 — Who Will Ride the Horse?
1964 — Law of the Mountains
1965 — The Khevsur Ballad
1967 — My friend Nodar
1968 — Chained Island
1968 — Anxiety
1969 — Anticipation
1971 — Searchers of the Sunken City
1971 — The Warmth of Your Hands
1974 — A Night Visit
1974 — Ripe Grapes
1976 — The Stone of Clear Water
1977 — The Aesculapian Apprentice

Estrada[edit]

— Adandali Dandali
— Spring Song
1959 — Song about Tbilisi ("Tbiliso")
— Friendship Song
— Sachidao
— I Met a Girl

Prizes and awards[edit]

Honoured Arts Worker of the Georgian SSR (1958)
People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1961)
Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Georgian SSR (1967)
State Prize of the Georgian SSR (1975) - for the opera "Lela".

Links[edit]

Revaz Lagidze. Biography (Russian)
Revaz Lagidze. Opera "Lela".

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