Jansug Kakhidze

Jansug Kakhidze
ჯანსუღ კახიძე
Portrait by Ucha Japaridze
Background information
Born(1935-05-26)May 26, 1935
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
DiedMarch 7, 2002(2002-03-07) (aged 66)
Tbilisi, Georgia
GenresClassical
Occupations
InstrumentSinging
Years active1957–2002
Websitehttp://www.kakhidzemusiccenter.com

Jansug Ivanes dze Kakhidze (26 May 1935  7 March 2002) was a Georgian musician, composer, singer and conductor nicknamed "the Georgian Karajan". Kakhidze was music director of the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra for two decades beginning in 1973. He is the father of composer and conductor Vakhtang Kakhidze.