JOSEF  BARDANASHVILI

Curriculum vitae

List of Works

Scores Published by I.M.C.

Curriculum vitae

Born in Georgia, 1948. Graduated from the Music Academy of Tbilisi. In 1975. he has gotten his Doctor Degree at the same academy. He was the director of the Music College in Batumi, Georgia, from 1986 to 1991. Between 1992 - 1993 Bardanashvili was the Cultural Vice-Minister in Adjaria (Autonomy Province of Georgia) and organized numerous international music festivals.

In 1995 he immigrated to Israel. He is composer-in-residence of Israel Sinfonette Orchestra Raanana , lecturer on Camera Obscura College and professor on Academy of Music Tel Aviv University. In Israel Bardanashvili wrote music for The Haifa Theater, the Chamber Theater and Habima Theater Tel-Aviv, for the Sinfonette Orchestra, the Musica Nova Ensemble Tel Aviv, Israeli Contemporary Players Jerusalem and for the music festivals in Jerusalem, Kefar-Blum, Eilat and Tel-Aviv. Mr. Bardanashvili is winner of AKUM Prize "Composer of year 1998", and winner of Israeli Oscar for Theater Music 1999.

Among his work: symphonies, three operas, two ballets, Children of God Trilogy for soloists, choir & orchestra; concertos for violin, piano, guitar, clarinet (commissioned by Giora Feidman), Double Concerto for Piano & Cello ; chamber music: Poem Dialogue for Piano, Cello, four Horns & Guitar, Evening Prayers for chamber ensemble, string quartets, piano trios, piano sonatas; choir music and many songs. He was written music for over 20 films and 40 theater productions.

His works were performed in the USA, Germany, Scotland, France, Finland, Russia, Yugoslavia, Spain, Italy, Israel and other countries, by Giora Feidman, Liana Isakadze, Oleg Malov, Alexander Korsantia, maestros Valery Gergiev, Lior Shambadal, Dzansug Kakhidze and others.

Bardanashvili's Adagio for Symphony Orchestra will be played by The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra on November 99.

Josef Bardanashvili is also great painter, with exhibitions in Georgia and Israel.