Giya Kancheli
Gia Kancheli | |
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Kancheli in March 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 10 August 1935 Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR |
| Died | 2 October 2019 (aged 84) Tbilisi |
| Genres | Soundtrack, classical music |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, keyboard, synthesizer |
| Years active | 1961–2019 |
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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.