Nasidze, Sulkhan Ivanovich

Nasidze [Naséedze], Sulkhan Ivanovich (3–17–1927, Tbilisi). Georgian comp. Grad. as a pianist (1950) and comp. (1955) from the Tbilisi Cons., where his teachers incl. Tuskiya (comp.) and Svanidze (pf). Joined the faculty of this institution in 1963 and in 1974 became artistic director of the State Philh. Orch. of Georgia. Many of his works incorporate Georgian folk elements, such as the oratorio My Country and the song cycle From Georgian Poetry. Works: Sort…