Jansug Ivanes dze Kakhidze was a Georgian conductor, nicknamed "the Georgian Karajan".
Education
In 1958, Kakhidze graduated from the Choir Conducting department of the Tbilisi State Conservatory. In 1963 he completed the post-graduate courses for Opera and Symphony Orchestra Conducting under Professor Odysseas Dimitriadis at the same institution.
Career
Kakhidze was music director of the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra for two decades beginning in 1973. He is the father of composer and conductor Vakhtang Kakhidze. Later he had training in Moscow with the Ukrainian/French conductor Igor Markevich.
From 1982 until 2002 Djansug Kakhidze was the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Opera performances released under his direction included Salome, Don Giovanni, Boris Goduno, Il trovatore, Otello, Rigoletto, Cavalleria rusticana, Gianni Schicchi, L"elisir d"amore, The Queen of Spades, The Fiery Angel, The Love for Three Oranges, Duenj, Abesalom and Eteri, and Music for the living. In 1989, Kakhidze founded a new hall for symphony music in Tbilisi, which included the Tbilisi Center for Music and Culture.
He established the first professional boys" choir in Tbilisi at this center in 2000, further developing the classical performing arts in Georgia. In 1993, Kakhidze founded the new Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, and led it until his death in 2002.