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meliton
balanCivaZe
mEliton
BalanChivadzE
daviT sayvareliZe
david sakvarElidzE
1880 wels, udidesi qarTveli momRerlis
filimon qoriZis mowveviT, Tbilisis saxelmwifo
operis dass Seemata axalgazrda momRerali meliton
balanCivaZe.
18 wlis ymawvils axasiaTebda saocari
musikaluroba, daxvewili gemovneba da amiT gamoirCeoda
Tanatolebisgan.
Zalian bevrs muSaobda. qarTuli xalxuri
musikis mimarT did siyvaruls amJRavnebda.
ramdenime xnis Semdeg, saswavleblad sanqt­peterburgSi
gaemgzavra. iq vokalurTan erTad
sakompozitoro fakultetzec swavlobda. sanqtpeterburgSi,
swavlis periodSic did dros
qarTul xalxur musikas uTmobda. ruseTSi mas
nikolai rimski­korsakovi aswavlida.
misi aseTi interesi xalxuri simRerebis mimarT
mxolod mSobliuri qveynis siyvaruliT ar iyo
ganpirobebuli. igi TiTqos raRacas eZebda.
TiTqmis 30 weli icxovra ruseTSi (moskovSi) da
iq qarTuli vokaluri gundic ki daaarsa.
1894 wels daiwyo saopero Txzulebis wera,
romlis nawyvetebic 1896 wels Sesrulda sanqtpeterburgSi.
safuZvlianad Seiswavla evropuli klasikuri
At the invitation of a great Georgian singer Pilimon
Koridze, young singer Meliton Balanchivadze joined the
State Opera of Tbilisi in 1880.
An 18-year old young man demonstrated amazing talent
in music and a refined taste, which distinguished him
from rest of his peers. He worked hard and was deeply in
love with Georgian folk music. Later he left for St. Petersburg,
where he studied music composition and vocals.
While in St. Petersburg, he spent a lot of time on Georgian
music. He was taught by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in
Russia. His interest in Georgian folk songs did not stem
only from his love of the motherland as it seemed that he
was in a constant search for something. He spent almost
30 years living in Moscow, Russia, where he established
a Georgian vocal ensemble. In 1984 he started writing
operas. He even performed excerpts from some of his
works in St. Petersburg in 1896. He mastered the European
method for teaching classical music.
Upon his return from Russia he started living in Kutaisi
and established a music school there. He opened another
music school in Batumi. The key theme of his work was a
perfect combination of European and Georgian folk music.
Georgia is a country with vocal arts tradition, which
served as a starting point for Meliton Balanchivadze. He
founded Georgian classical music, discovered and intuitively
foresaw the function and the form of the Georgian
opera art. He created Georgian classical romance - a romance
in European sense but on Georgian motives. He