Sulkhan Tsintsadze

georgia, composer, chamber music, string quartet, conservatoire

Born Aug 23, 1925

Tbilisi, Georgia

Passed Away Sep 15, 1991 Tbilisi, Georgia

Lifespan 66 years old

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"The string quartet is the purest chamber of musical thought, where every note must carry honest weight."

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Distinguished Georgian composer and cellist celebrated for his mastery of string quartets and synthesis of folk modes with classical form.

Biographical Record

Sulkhan Tsintsadze was one of the Soviet Union's and Georgia's most distinguished chamber music composers, renowned for his twelve string quartets and instrumental concertos.

Beginning his career as a virtuoso cellist in the Georgian State String Quartet, Tsintsadze translated traditional Georgian choral microtonality and folk dance rhythms into refined chamber textures.

He served as rector of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire from 1965 to 1984, training multiple generations of celebrated Caucasian performers and conductors.

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Didube Pantheon
Tbilisi, Georgia

                         GPS: 41.7481, 44.7889                    

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