MERI DAVITASHVILI - GEORGIA
BORN 13 MARCH
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Meri Davitashvili was born on November 14, 1907 in Melaani, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire as Mariam Davitashvili. She was a composer and actress, known for Bashi-Achuki(1956), Rats ginakhavs, vegar nakhav (1965) and Keto and Kote (1948). She died on August 4, 1975 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR.
Meri graduated from Tbilisi State Conservatoire (Head of Professor Andria Balanchivadze), in 1968-1992 she was a secretary of the Union of Composers of Georgia and member of the Revision Commission of Soviet Union Composers Union. From 1973 she was a Tbilisi Conservatoire Teacher (Introductory Class). She wrote two children's operas - "Kajana" (1965, staged 1966) and "Natsarkekia" (1972), many children's songs, music for children's full length and painting films ("Manana", "Envy", "Wizard Master", "Orchestra", "Orchid and Crouch", "Flea and Ants", "Tadaguri", etc.), 2 Orchestral Sueet Ballet "Sister's Wedding" (1954), Symphonic, Productions, music for dramatic performances, five romances on Ana Kalandadze's poems, and more. Awarded with Order of Honor (1997).
KRISTINA VASILIAUSKAITE - LITHUANIA
BORN 13 MARCH
Kristina Vasiliauskaite comes from a large family of musicians. Her father played trombone in the Vilnius Opera Theater Orchestra, her brother Bernardas is the organist at the cathedral in Vilnius, and another brother, Augustinas, plays cello in the Lithuanian String Quartet. She studied musicology and composition (with Eduard Balsys) at the Lithuanian Academy of Music, graduating in 1980. From 1983 to the present she has taught at the C+iurlionis Art School in Vilnius. Her principal compositions include Sinfonietta for Orchestra, a cello sonata, Chamber Sonata for Organ, Missa Brevis for children’s voices, and Fantasie for Organ.
Vocal music predominates in both major trends of Kristina Vasiliauskaitė's creative output - church music and music for children. This natural inclination towards means of vocal expression has, to some extent, predetermined her penchant for plain textures characteristic of church music, diatonic organization of pitches and tuneful melodies imbued with romantic emotionality. Works for organ make up another important trend in her music with her brother, organist Bernardas Vasiliauskas, as a regular performer. The music of Kristina Vasiliauskaitė has rapidly become popular among various choirs in the USA, where her music has been published by California based choral music publisher, Santa Barbara Music Publishing and Augsburg-Fortress Publishers in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Dovydo Psalmé by Kristina Vasiliauskaite
Dovydo Psalmé by Kristina Vasiliauskaite
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