Giya Kancheli
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Giya Kancheli was a Soviet and Georgian composer who created music from 1935 until his death in 2019, contributing significantly to the classical music traditions of the Soviet Union and Georgia. His work is historically important as part of the cultural output of the Soviet era and the Georgian artistic legacy.
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Giya Kancheli (გია ყანჩელი), (10 August 1935 – 2 October 2019) was a Georgian composer. He was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, but resided in Belgium. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kancheli lived in Western Europe: first in Berlin, and from 1995 in Antwerp, where he became composer-in-residence for the Royal Flemish Philharmonic. He died in his home city of Tbilisi, aged 84. Kancheli arguably Georgia's best-known cultural export. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Giya+Kancheli
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Gia Kancheli (Georgian: გია ყანჩელი; 10 August 1935 – 2 October 2019) was a Georgian composer. He was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, and resided in Belgium in later life.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kancheli lived first in Berlin, and from 1995 in Antwerp, where he became composer-in-residence for the Royal Flemish Philharmonic. He died in Tbilisi at age 84.
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