Zurab Nadarejshvili
Zurab Nadareishvili ( ka, ზურაბ ნადარეიშვილი; born 4 January 1957) is a Georgian people, Georgian composer and academic. Biography Nadareishvili was born in Poti, Georgia, where he went to primary and music school. From 1973 to 1978 he studied at the Georgian Polytechnic Institute (power engineering faculty); after that he resumed music lessons and in 1982 entered Tbilisi State Conservatory, composition class. During the studies at the conservatory he participated in students' music festivals in Georgia, as well as other countries. In 1987 he graduated from the conservatory (Prof. Kvernadze’s class) and continued post-graduate study again under his guidance. In 1987 his String Quartet was awarded a First Prize at the Moscow All-Union Competition. After that it was successfully performed in Saint Petersburg, Warsaw, Amsterdam and USA by the Petersburg String Quartet. ...
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Georgian People
The Georgians, or Kartvelians (; ka, ქართველები, tr, ), are a nation and indigenous Caucasian ethnic group native to Georgia and the South Caucasus. Georgian diaspora communities are also present throughout Russia, Turkey, Greece, Iran, Ukraine, United States, and European Union. Georgians arose from Colchian and Iberian civilizations of classical antiquity; Colchis was interconnected with the Hellenic world, whereas Iberia was influenced by the Achaemenid Empire until Alexander the Great conquered it. In the 4th century, the Georgians became one of the first to embrace Christianity and now the majority of Georgians are Orthodox Christians, with most following their national autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church, although there are small Georgian Catholic and Muslim communities as well as a significant number of irreligious Georgians. Located in the Caucasus, on the continental crossroads of Europe and Asia, the High Middle Ages saw Georgian people form ...
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