PhD in Art Studies, teacher of the study course – Georgian folk music creativity
1997-2010 _ Z. Paliashvili’s “Decade of Talents” teacher of musical literature
1998-2007 _ researcher-collaborator of the Department of Georgian Folk Musical Creativity of the Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili
1999-2004 _ teacher of Georgian folk musical creativity and history of Georgian music at Shota Rustaveli Theater and Cinema State University of Georgia
From 2007 to the present – Specialist of the International Center for Polyphonic Research of the Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili
2010 – defended his doctoral thesis on the theme of hunting in Svan musical folklore (preparing for publication)
From 2011 to the present – within the framework of the certificate program developed for foreign students, initiated by the International Center for the Study of Polyphony of the Tbilisi State Conservatory named after teacher Vano Sarajishvili
From 2014 to the present – associate professor of the Giorgi Mtatsmindeli Higher School of Church Chants
From 2017 to the present – affiliated associate professor of Shota Rustaveli State University of Theater and Cinema of Georgia.
Fields of scientific interest:
Ethnomusicological aspects of Svan musical folklore research; Reflection of migration processes on the ethnographic and folklore traditions of the forcibly resettled population from different parts of Georgia.
Featured publications:
1. Svan folk songs (2017) – book from the series Let’s study Georgian folk songs, notated samples of 13 Svan songs with 2 CDs attached (compiler).
2. Islam Filfan (2018) – monograph (author).
Scientific publications in refereed editions:
1. Islam Philfan’s musical compositions – the behavior of modern Homo-Polyphonitsus. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony (2019)
2. Report of expeditions organized in regions populated by Svan eco-migrants. Issues of folk and church music (Collection of reports of the 11th Batumi International Scientific Conference on Folk and Sacred Music named after Giorgi Garakanidze (Tbilisi, 2016).
3. For the issue of harmony of three-part songs in Georgian musical folklore. Proceedings of the V International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony (2010).
4. Ethnomusicological aspects of Svan hunting musical folklore research. In the journal: Searches with artistic sciences. #2 (39), 2009.
5. From hunting dance to ferkhuli?~ Issues of folklore and church music (Collection of reports of the 4th Batumi International Scientific Conference on Folklore and Sacred Music) (2009)
6. Svan hunting songs. Proceedings of the IV International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony (2008)
7. Reflection of hunting traditions in Svan musical folklore. Proceedings of the II International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony (2004).
8. For the issue of determining the type of polyphony and the origin of triphony in Svan musical folklore. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony (2002)
Articles and interviews:
In Electronic Bulletin of the International Center for Traditional Polyphony Research. see http://polyphony.ge/category/publications/biuletin/
• History of Georgian music – Shota Rustaveli State University of Theater and Cinema of Georgia, undergraduate theoretical course for art historians (1999-2004)
• Georgian folk musical creativity – Shota Rustaveli State University of Theater and Cinema of Georgia, undergraduate theoretical course for art historians (1999-2004)
Current lecture courses:
• Georgian folk musical creativity – the International Center for Polyphonic Research of the Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili, theoretical and practical courses of Georgian folk musical creativity for foreign students within the ten-month certificate program. 2011 to date
• Georgian folk musical creativity – Giorgi Mtatsmindeli Higher School of Church Singing, undergraduate theoretical course. From 2014 until now
• Georgian folk song – Shota Rustaveli State University of Theater and Cinema of Georgia, undergraduate practical and theoretical course. From 2017 to date
• Folklore in the work of 20th century Georgian composers – Shota Rustaveli State University of Theater and Cinema of Georgia, undergraduate theoretical course. From 2017 to date
• Transferring Georgian folk songs and church hymns to notes – Shota Rustaveli State University of Theater and Cinema of Georgia, undergraduate practical course. From 2017 to date.
• From 2010 to the present day, the editor of the bilingual periodical electronic bulletin of the International Polyphonic Research Center of the Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili
• From 2015 to the present – member of the Veshapidze Family Ensemble.
• Participates in scientific, creative and cultural-educational projects.
• Speaks Russian and English.