Meliton Balanchivadze belongs to the musical record as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Meliton Balanchivadze as Georgian musician (1862-1937).
Meliton Balanchivadze was born at Banoja in 1863. His recorded nationality is Russia. He trained at Saint Petersburg Conservatory and Tbilisi Theological Seminary.
This was the century of the virtuoso and the touring soloist, when a performer could become famous across a continent.
He worked as composer, opera singer and singer.
His work is classed as opera.
Music outlives its context more reliably than any other art, and usually for reasons its makers did not predict.
Recognition followed: Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1937).
That the work came out of Russia shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Meliton Balanchivadze died in 1937, aged 74. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour — 1937
- Genres: opera
