Sulkhan Tsintsadze
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Sulkhan Tsintsadze (Georgian: სულხან ცინცაძე), (23 August 1925 in Gori — 15 September 1992 in Tbilisi) was one of the Georgia's foremost composers.
He began his musical career in the 1940s as a cellist in the Georgian State String Quartet. His first composition, based on Georgian folksongs and being a collection of miniatures for string quartet, was an immediate success. He also wrote several operas, ballets, symphonies and concertos, but it was his compositions for string quartet which came to take pride of place amongst his works and which made a notable contribution to Georgian music.
Sulkhan Tsintsadze was one of Georgia's leading composers. He was awarded the People's Artist of Georgia (1961) and People's Artist of the USSR (1987) titles and was a holder of the USSR Stalin Prize (1950), Shota Rustaveli Prize (1981), Z. Paliashvili Prize (1977).
His major works are:
- 12 string quartets and miniatures for quartet (1947 - 1991).
- Two operas ("Gandegili" 1972).
- Five ballets ("Demon" 1961, "Rivares" 1982).
- Five symphonies (1952 - 1985).
- 24 preludes for cello and orchestra (1980) and violin and orchestra (1987).
- 2 concertos for piano and orchestra.
- 2 concertos for cello and orchestra.
- 2 concertos for violin and orchestra.
- 3 operettas ("ablabuda" - 1960, "simgera tkeshi" - 1967, "shveiki" - 1976).
- A lot of film-music.
