Doctor of Musicology, Associate Professor

In 1990, he graduated from the Faculty of Musicology of the Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili.
In 2010, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic: “Ectophonic System in Georgian Church Chant” and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Musicology by the decision of the Dissertation Council of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire named after Vano Sarajishvili.
In 1988-1998, he has been an employee of the Department of Folk Music of Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, and since 1998 – an invited specialist of the Department of Folk Music; In 1988-2017, he was singing in Tbilisi Anchiskhati Cathedral, and since 2017 – he has been a director of this choir. In 1998-2006, he was working in the National Library of the Parliament of Georgia as the head of the Center of the musical and audiovisual publications. From 2006, he is a Head of the Service Department with musical and audiovisual publications in the National Library. Since 2008, he has been working at Giorgi Mtatsmindeli University of Chant.

  1. For the nature of Georgian church singing, “Art”, No. 10, Tbilisi, 1991.
  2. Georgian singing schools and traditions, Tbilisi, 2002.
  3. About the singing tradition of Eastern Georgia, Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili, Tbilisi, 2004.
  4. Georgian chant “Eleven Pearls”, Center for the Study of Traditional Polyphony of Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory, Tbilisi, 2004.
  5. Georgian folk songs from the repertoire of Anchiskhati Choir, Tbilisi, 2005.
  6. Introduction to Georgian church hymns, Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili, Tbilisi, 2006.
  7. Structural peculiarities of the vowel system in Georgian chants, Messenger of the Caucasus, Tbilisi, 2006.
  8. Georgian church hymn, School of the Creator, according to the records of Artem Erkomaishvili, Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili, Tbilisi, 2006.
  9. Atypical elements in Georgian folk song, Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili, Tbilisi, 2008.
  10. “Wordless” polyphony in Georgian traditional music, Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory, Tbilisi, 2010.
  11. Similarities and Differences in the Georgian Chant School Tradition, Theory and Practice. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Orthodox Church Music University of Joensuu Finland, 2011.
  12. About one manuscript left by Otar Chijavadze (in the book: Otar Chijavadze 90), Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory, Tbilisi, 2011.
  13. Hymns from the archive of sheet music manuscripts, Svetitskhovli School, (co-author Z. Tsereteli), Volume I, National Folklore Center of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2012.
  14. Description and alphabetical catalog of manuscripts of Georgian hymns, St. Filimon Mgalobili (Koridze) and St. According to the musical manuscripts of Ekvtime Aghmsarebl (Kereselidze) (co-authors: V. Gvakharia, N. Razmadze), Tbilisi, 2013.
  15. Georgian chanting schools and eight-voice system, Chanting Center of the Patriarchate of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2014.
  16. Chronicle of Georgian chants in the periodicals of 1861-1921, National Library of the Parliament of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2015.
  17. Concerning Polyphony in Georgian Chanting, Musicology Today Musicology Journal of the national University of Music Bucharest, 2015.
  18. At the beginnings of notation of Georgian folk songs, Giorgi Garakanidze XI International Batumi Festival of Folklore and Sacred Music Scientific Conference: Issues of Folklore and Church Music, Batumi: Batumi Art University Publishing House, 2016.
  19. Georgian folk song “Chven mshvidoba”. 40 selected samples recorded in the years 1907-2005, sheet music collection, with audio CD, 2022.
  20. Georgian chant – from the depths of centuries to the present, in the electronic magazine “Georgian Folklore” #1 https://geofolk.ge/ka/article/qartuli-galoba–saukuneta-sighrmidan-dghemde/56, 2022.
  21. Archival material, the dynamics of its research and revival in the performance space – within the framework of the joint project “Georgian Traditional Polyphony: Modern Trends and Development Perspectives” of the Anzor Erkomaishvili State Folklore Center and the Tbilisi State Conservatoire International Center of Traditional Polyphony, 2022.
  22. Multiplicity of the Neumes in the ‘Iadgari’ of Mikael Modrekili, Anzor Erkomaishvili and Contemporary Trends in the Study of Traditional and Sacred Georgian Music. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023.