Prof. Kvernadze studied composition with Andrey Balanchivadze at the Conservatory of Music in Tbilisi and there graduated in 1953.

Among his honors are the title of People's Artist of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1979), the Z. Paliashvili Prize (1981, for My Entreaty, Old Georgian Inscriptions and Vocal-Symphonic Poem) and the Shota Rustaveli State Prize (1985, for And it was in the eighth year). He was also named an honorary citizen of Tbilisi (1995).

He has taught composition and instrumentation at the Conservatory of Music in Tbilisi since 1963, where he has been Professor of Composition since 1988.

In addition to the works listed below, Prof. Kvernadze has composed much incidental and popular music.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Street address: Prof. Bidzina Kvernadze, Bath (Abano) St. 5, 380005 Tbilisi, Georgia

SELECT LIST OF WORKS

STAGE: Choreographic Stories (2 act ballet, scenario by Zurab Kikaleishvili, Guram Meliva, Chukurtma Gudiashvili, after Lado Gudiashvili), 1964 (one section may be performed separately: Seraphita); Wives and Husbands (2 act operetta, libretto by R. Lezgishvili), 1970; Berikaoba (1 act ballet, scenario by Giorgi Aleksidze), 1973; And it was in the eighth year (2 act opera, libretto by Robert Sturua, after Jakob Khutsessi), 1982; Happier than we (2 act opera, libretto by Robert Sturua, after Ilya Chavchavadze), 1987

ORCHESTRAL: To the dawn (symphonic poem), 1953; Concerto No. 1, piano, orchestra, 1955; Concerto, violin, orchestra, 1956; A fancy dance, 1959; Symphony No. 1, 1961; Seraphita, 1964 (section of Choreographic Stories; may be performed separately); Concerto No. 2, piano, orchestra, 1966; Expectation, string orchestra, 1968; Ceremonial Overture, 1977; Symphonic Overture, 1984; Symphony No. 2, string orchestra, 1986

CHORAL: Immortality (cantata, texts by L. Chubabria, Peter Gruzinsky), speaker, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1971; Cantata about Georgia (text by Peter Gruzinsky), baritone, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1971; My Entreaty (vocal-symphonic poem, text by Nikoloz Baratashvili), mixed chorus, orchestra, 1974, revised 1977

VOCAL: Old Georgian Inscriptions (text by Giorgi Leonidze), tenor, orchestra, 1978; Vocal-Symphonic Poem (texts by E. Tataraidze, folk poems), mezzo-soprano, orchestra, 1979; Pray, Child (triptych, text by Jakob Gogebashvili), soprano, piano, 2001, revised 2002

(Last updated on October 24, 2003)