Evgeni Mikeladze

Evgeni Mikeladze (Georgian ევგენი მიქელაძე; born July 27, 1903 in Baku, Azerbaijan, † 1937) was a Georgian conductor. In 1933, he led the State Symphony Orchestra of Georgia, from 1934 to 1937 he was chief conductor of the State Zechariah - Paliashvili Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Tbilisi.

Life

With its georgischstämmigen family, he moved as a child to Tbilisi. Early on, he learned several instruments, including the trumpet and French horn. Mikeladze visited music -oriented classes of Tiflisser cadet school and the secondary school.

Later, he studied composition at the State Conservatory of the Georgian capital. Mid-1920s, he decided to become a conductor, moved in 1927 to the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where the future leaders of the Leningrad Philharmonic, Nikolai Malko and Alexandr Gauk taught him.

In 1931 he returned to Tbilisi, where he made ​​a name as a conductor of classical music. In 1933 he founded and led the State Symphony Orchestra of Georgia, was in the same year a concert with the composer Sergei Prokofiev. In 1934 he became chief conductor of the State Zechariah - Paliashvili Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Tbilisi.

After his marriage with the daughter Mamia Orachelaschwilis, an Bolsheviks pursued under Stalin, Mikeladze was arrested in November 1937 by the Soviet secret police, the GPU. He was 48 - days - long subjected to torture and interrogation. According to witnesses, Georgia GPU Lawrenti chief Beria was personally involved in the interrogation and torture Mikeladses. Finally, he was sentenced by a court to death by NKVD shot.

He was married and had a son, Vakhtang. The son was a documentary filmmaker and works for the Russian television.

Awards

Mikeladze 1936 was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR. In the garden of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre his bust was erected. In the 1990s, the State Symphony Orchestra of Georgia got its name.