Gabichvadze, Revaz Kondrat'yevich

Gabichvadze [Guhbeechvádzi], Revaz Kondrat'yevich (5–29/6–11–1913, Tbilisi). Georgian comp. Grad. 1935 from the Tbilisi Cons., where he studied comp. with Bagrinovsky, V. Shcherbachyov , and Tuskiya. After completing post-grad. work with Arapov and Ryazanov in 1938, joined the faculty of this institution. Prefers to comp. in large stage and symphonic genres, while incorporating Georgian folk elements. Some of his recent works employ contemporary techniques, such as aleatory, dodecaphony…