Doctor of Musicology, Lecturer of the Peculiarities of the Georgian Musical Language and Ethnomusicology Courses
In 1986-1990, he was a laboratory assistant at the Department of Folk Music Creativity of Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory; In 1988-1993, he was a teacher of the experimental decade at the Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili; Since 1990, a teacher and researcher at the Department of Folk Creativity of Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory; 1993-1995 — Teacher of Tbilisi State Institute of Culture; In 2005-2007, he was an invited teacher at the Batumi State Conservatory; In 2005-2012, he worked as a specialist at the International Center for the Study of Traditional Polyphony of the Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili; Since 2011, he has been working as an associate professor at Tbilisi Ilia State University.
In different years, he was engaged in teaching activities in the Institute of Teacher Training, in the parish school of the Patriarchate of Georgia. Since 1981, he participated in folklore expeditions organized in different parts of Georgia, in the work of the jury of folklore festivals.
Since 1991, Tbilisi Krtsanis St. He is a singer of the Nicholas Cathedral;
Since 2009, he has been the leader of the folk ensemble “Keria”.
1. Compositional principles and types of Georgian folk polyphony, collection of scientific works of Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili, Tbilisi, 1988;
2. Synthetic and transitional forms of Georgian folk polyphony, collection of scientific works of Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili, Tbilisi, 1993-1994;
3. Functional initiative in Georgian folk song, collection of scientific works of Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili, Tbilisi, 1997;
4. Typological classification of Georgian folk (vocal) polyphony, materials of the international conference dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Tbilisi State Conservatory named after Vano Sarajishvili, Tbilisi, 2000;
5. Several aspects of the relationship between Georgian church hymns and Georgian folk songs, polyphonic problems of sacred and secular music, materials of the international scientific conference dedicated to the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Christ and the 3000th anniversary of Georgian statehood, Tbilisi, 2001;
6. About the brochure “This is how they sang in Georgia”, contemporary problems of Georgian church chanting, Church Chanting Center of the Patriarchate of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2002;
7. “Vasil Makharadze (1908-1981) – masters of Georgian folk song, Guria”, volume III (co-authored by Nino Chalisuri); International Center of Georgian Folk Song. Tbilisi 2004;
8. “Melodic models of Georgian liturgical hymns – Georgian scientific peer-reviewed internet journal “Musicology and Cultural Science” Georgian Electronic Scientific Journal: Musicology and Cultural Science 2005 | No.1(1) 2005. http://gesj.internet-academy.org.ge/ge/list_aut_artic_ge.php?b_sec=muz&list_aut=1203;
9. “Hypotheses about the process of formation of Georgian polyphony” – II International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony; Tbilisi V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory International Center for Traditional Polyphony Research, collection of reports, editors: Rusudan Tsurtsumia, Ioseb Jordania; Tbilisi, 2005 pp. 68-78;
10. “Georgian folk musical creativity – a guide for students of the Faculty of Performing Arts of the Conservatory”, co-authored with Tamar Meskhi, Tbilisi, 2005;
11. “The concept of “polyphony” on the example of Georgian folk music” – III International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony; Tbilisi V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory International Center for Traditional Polyphony Research, collection of reports, editors: Rusudan Tsurtsumia, Ioseb Jordania; Tbilisi, 2007 p. 66-75;
12. “Georgian Folk Choral Music”, “ICB – International Choral Bulletin”, Volume XXV, N 4-4th Quarter, (managing editor Jutta Tagger), Louvigny, France, 2006;
13. “Polyphony of Guru’s song” – report by D. At the conference dedicated to Arakishvili. It was published in the magazine “Art”. Tbilisi, 2008;
14. “Georgian folk instrument forms of polyphony” – IV International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony; Tbilisi V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory International Center for Traditional Polyphony Research, collection of reports, editors: Rusudan Tsurtsumia, Ioseb Jordania; Tbilisi, 2009 p. 409-416;
15. “Forms of Georgian traditional polyphony” – dissertation for obtaining the title of Doctor of Musicology; 2009 http://polyphony.ge/uploads/tamaz_gabisonia__dissertation.pdf;
16. Criteria for Determining the Types of Polyphony of Georgian Folk Songs. In: Echoes from Georgia: Seventeen Arguments on Georgian Polyphony. Focus on Civilizations and Cultures – Music. 2009. Editors: Rusudan Tsurtsumia, Joseph Jordania. Reviewers: Simha Arom (France), Polo Vallejo (Spain) Nova Science Publishers. Inc. New York.
17. Terms for Georgian Traditional and Medieval Professional Polyphonic Singing in Alphabetical Order with Joseph Jordan http://www.mdw.ac.at/ive/emm/index.php?id=149;
18. Terminological priorities of Georgian traditional polyphony. In: European Voices II (Cultural Listening and Local Discourse in Multipart Singing Traditions in Europe). Ardian ahmedaja (ed). Pp 207-219. Bohlau Verlag Wien-Coln-Weimar. 2011;
19. Jordania, Joseph; Gabisonia Tamaz. Georgia: traditional vocal polyphony and folk terminology. In: European Voices II (Cultural Listening and Local Discourse in Multipart Singing Traditions in Europe). Ardian ahmedaja (ed). Pp 335-375. Bohlau Verlag Wien-Coln-Weimar. 2011;
20. “Beginner’s Voice in Georgian Folk Polyphony” – V International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony; Tbilisi V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory International Center for Traditional Polyphony Research, collection of reports, editors: Rusudan Tsurtsumia, Ioseb Jordania; Tbilisi, 2011 p. 196-211;
21. Second dialectic in ethnic music. Statics and dialectics – 5th international symposium on traditional polyphony; Tbilisi V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory International Center for Traditional Polyphony Research, 2014;
22. Christian traces in Svan folk songs – 2