Background
Jemal (Djemal) Gokieli was born on 4 July 1920 in Kutaisi, Western Georgia into the family of a prominent Georgian composer Vano (Ivane) Rafailovich Gokieli.
Jemal (Djemal) Gokieli was born on 4 July 1920 in Kutaisi, Western Georgia into the family of a prominent Georgian composer Vano (Ivane) Rafailovich Gokieli.
In 1940-es he studied conducting at Tbilisi and Moscow Conservatories where his tutors were Odysseas Dimitriadi, Grigori Stoliarov and Aleksandr Gauk. In 1944-1948 he worked as a conductor at Tbilisi State Opera and Ballet Theatre. From 1948 until his death on 14 April in 1991 he was a conductor of The Georgian State Symphony Orchestra.