Giya Kancheli*
1935
Born in Tbilisi on 10 August 1935, Giya Kancheli is Georgia's most distinguished living composer and a leading figure in the world of contemporary music.
In 2009 Giya Kancheli published Simple Music for Piano, a songbook with subtitle "33 Miniatures from Music for Stage and Screen", reprising melodies written over a long period, some dating back to the 1960s and 70s.
* Giya Kancheli's photo by By Gia_Kancheli_&_Boris_Berezovski.jpg: George Melderivative work: Gaeser [CC BY-SA 2.0]
Yellow Leaves by G. Kancheli
