Koka Nikoladze (born 30 September 1989, in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

) is a Georgian composer and sound artist based in

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. He studied at the

Tbilisi State Conservatoire Tbilisi State Conservatoire ( ka, თბილისის სახელმწიფო კონსერვატორია, ''Tbilisis Saxelmc̣ipo Ḳonservaṭoria'') is the State Conservatoire of Georgia, located in the capital Tbili ...

, Musikhochschule Stuttgart and

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. He studied composition with Zurab Nadarejshvili,

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and violin with Ernst Arakelov.

Works

Nikoladze's compositions include: *2010 "Starshine" for guitar, violin and percussion, uses a

prepared guitar A prepared guitar is a guitar that has had its timbre altered by placing various objects on or between the instrument's strings, including other extended techniques. This practice is sometimes called tabletop guitar, because many prepared guitar ...

*2011 "Poezdeplacement - Differentzeitmaßcope" for cembalo universale, violin and cello (Stuttgart micro tonality congress). *2011 "Luminarium" for piano, viola and clarinet for Le Balcon *2012 "Kepler Star Dj" for Piano, Timpani and electronics. *2012 he wrote his first opera " Vor dem Gesetz" afka which was premiered at Wilhelmspalais Stuttgart as a part of the opening ceremony of contemporary music theater studio."Die Drei Tode des Narziss, Programm 2010 - 2012, 2"
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References

"Projects page"

"About page"

"CES website"
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