THE RESONANCE ATLAS
Zurab Nadareishvili
Biography
Zurab Nadareishvili (born 1957 in Poti) is a Georgian composer whose output includes orchestral, piano and chamber music. He studied composition with Bidzina Kvernadze at Tbilisi State Conservatoire, graduating in 1987, and subsequently taught there. His chamber writing includes 2 Movements: Dialogue and Urban Songs, known in versions for oboe, bassoon and piano and for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano.
Why this music interests us
Nadareishvili's 2 Movements is particularly relevant to Resonance's interest in unusual but practical chamber combinations. The oboe–bassoon–piano trio and expanded quartet with clarinet offer two distinct ensemble possibilities. The work suggests an opportunity to approach contemporary Georgian music through a specific composer's instrumental imagination rather than through broad regional generalisations.
Selected works & listening
2 Movements: I. Dialogue; II. Urban Songs (2009/2010; oboe, bassoon, piano; alternative version with clarinet)
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