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Giya Kancheli

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Giya Kancheli (გია ყანჩელი), (10 August 1935 – 2 October 2019) was a Georgian composer. He was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, but resided in Belgium. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kancheli lived in Western Europe: first in Berlin, and from 1995 in Antwerp, where he became composer-in-residence for the Royal Flemish Philharmonic. He died in his home city of Tbilisi, aged 84. Kancheli arguably Georgia's best-known cultural export.

Top songs

  1. 33 Miniatures for Piano (Excerpts): No. 22, Grazioso
  2. Tune from the Film by Lana Gogoberidze: When Almonds Blossomed
  3. Miniature No. 7
  4. Piano Piece No. 23
  5. 33 Miniatures for Piano (Excerpts): No. 12, Luminoso
  6. V & V
  7. Is Ak Aris - Filmidan "Sherekilebi"
  8. Simi (Chord)
  9. Simple Music for Piano, N. 26: Herio Bichebo (From "Earth, This Is Your Son")
  10. Sait Midikhar - Spektaklidan "Khanuma"
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  1. Herio Bichebo from Earth, This Is Your Son
  2. Simple Music for Piano, N. 17 (Theme From "Richard III")
  3. Symphony No. 4 (1975) In memoria di Michelangelo, I. Largo
  4. Simple Music for Piano, N. 2 (Theme From "The Eccentrics")
  5. Kviteli Fotlebi - Filmidan "Mimino"
  6. Simple Music for Piano, N. 1 (Theme From "King Lear")
  7. Prologi - Filmidan "Tsisferi Mtebi Anu Daujerebeli Ambavi"
  8. Simple Music for Piano, N. 14 (Theme From "Khanuma")
  9. Symphony No. 5 (1977) Dedicated to the memory of the composer's parents, II. Largo
  10. Midday Prayers for solo clarinet and 19 players
  11. Bridges To Bach
  12. Amao Omi
  13. Morning Prayers
  14. Night Prayers
  15. Ex contrario
  16. Symphony No. 5
  17. Little Imber
  18. Miniature No. 1
  19. Main Theme from The Role For A Beginner
  20. Caris Mere
  21. 18 Miniatures for Violin & Piano: No. 18, Dolce
  22. Abii Ne Viderem
  23. 33 Miniatures: I. King Lear
  24. Midday Prayers
  25. Dixi
  26. Simple Music for Piano, N. 3 (Theme From "When Almonds Blossomed")
  27. 33 Miniatures for Piano (Excerpts): No. 30, Dolcissimo
  28. Simi
  29. Vom Winde beweint (1990): 3. Larghetto
  30. Simple Music for Piano, N. 12 (Theme From "Waiting for Godot")
  31. Chiaroscuro (For Violin and Chamber Orchestra)
  32. Sait Midikhar
  33. Psalm 23
  34. 18 Miniatures for Violin and Piano: No. 4, Grazioso (Arr. Julian Milkis)
  35. Main Theme from Kin-Dza-Dza
  36. No. 22, Grazioso
  37. Rag-GIDON-time
  38. Interludia - Spektaklidan "Roli Damtskebi Msakhiobi Gogonasatvis"
  39. Miniature No. 2
  40. Theme from As You Like It
  41. Einmal
  42. Evening Prayers
  43. Exil
  44. Miniature No. 3
  45. With a Smile For Slava
  46. Lament
  47. Theme from King Lear
  48. 33 Miniatures for Piano (Excerpts): No. 1, Calando
  49. Main Theme from Cinema
  50. Psalm
  51. Simple Music for Piano, N. 30 (Theme From "The Role for a Beginner")
  52. Valse Boston
  53. Theme from Twelfth Night
  54. Theme from Mimino
  55. Letter to Artist Tengiz Mirzashvili
  56. Miniature No. 4
  57. 33 Miniatures: No. 1, Theme from "King Lear" (Arr. for Piano & Accordion)
  58. Miniature No. 18
  59. Magnum Ignotum
  60. Main Theme from When Almonds blossomed
  61. ... à la Duduki
  62. Waltz from Richard III
  63. Theme from Don Quixote Var. I
  64. Styx
  65. Simple Music for Piano, N. 28 (Theme From "Cinema")
  66. When Almonds Blossomed
  67. Theme from Hamlet Var. I
  68. Miniature No. 5
  69. Miniature No. 6
  70. 33 Miniatures: No. 25 Main theme from Hamlet
  71. Waltz from The Eccentrics
  72. Diplipito
  73. Mogoneba
  74. Theme from Don Quixote Var. II
  75. Simple Music for Piano, No. 17 (Theme from "Richard III") - Remastered 2022
  76. 33 Miniatures for Piano (Excerpts): No. 32, Sostenuto
  77. Main Theme from The Crucibles
  78. Miniature No. 9
  79. Symphony No. 4, "in memoria di Michelangelo"
  80. Miniature No. 8
  81. Kari Kris
  82. Theme from Bear’s Kiss
  83. Simple Music for Piano, N. 22 (Theme From "Don't Grieve")
  84. L'amour et la mer
  85. Theme from Don Quixote Var. III
  86. Exil (1994): 1. Psalm 23
  87. 33 Miniatures for Piano (Excerpts): No. 23, Cantabile, lontanissimo
  88. Miniature No. 10
  89. Miniature No. 11
  90. Miniature No. 12

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