Sulkhan Tsintsadze's father was arrested in 1937 during the Great Purge, a period of mass repressions in the Soviet Union.
Performer Biography
Inga Fiolia's father, Geno Fiolia, was a composer and bandleader in the former USSR and knew Sulkhan Tsintsadze personally.
Composer Biography
Sulkhan Tsintsadze, the composer, was born in Gori, Georgia, and began cello lessons at age seven in Tbilisi.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Sulkhan Tsintsadze's music synthesizes 20th-century classical idioms with Georgian folk music characteristics, an approach also used by Bartók and Stravinsky.
Compositional Technique
Tsintsadze's 24 Preludes for Piano are structured around the circle of fifths, with one prelude in each relative major/minor key.
Compositional Technique
Georgian folk music, a significant influence on Tsintsadze, is predominantly a capella and features multi-voice polyphonic singing that developed centuries before Western music.
Performer Biography
Inga Fiolia, the pianist on this album, is a multiple prizewinner of international competitions and has performed with world-renowned orchestras.
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