Balanchivadze, Andrey Melitonovich
(*1906)
Balanchivadze [Buhluhncheevádzi], Andrey Melitonovich (5–19/6–1–1906, P.). Georgian comp., pianist, cond., and pedagogue. Son of M. Balanchivadze and brother of choreographer George Balanchine. Grad. 1927 from the Tbilisi Cons., where he was a comp. pupil of Ippolitov-Ivanov. Also studied with Aizberg (pf), Barkhudaryan, and N. Cherepnin . Grad. as a comp. and pianist 1931 from the L. Cons., following work with M. Shteinberg and Zhitomirsky (comp.) and M. Yudina (pf). Has been one of the focal…