Background
BALANCHIVADZE, Meliton was born on January 5, 1863.
BALANCHIVADZE, Meliton was born on January 5, 1863.
1895 graduate Saint St. Petersburg Conservatory.
Sung in choir as a child. From 1880 with chorus of Tiflis Opera Theater. Studied theory of composition under Rimsky-Korsakov and harmony under Johannscn: 1895-1917 founded choirs and loured Centr Russia.
Ukraine, Poland, the Baltic area and Georgia 1918 founded the Kutaisi Music College. From 1921 headed Department of Music, Geo People's Commissariat of Education.
1929-1931 director, Batumi Muiic School. From 1935 director, Kutaisi Music School.