Background
MSHVELIDZE, Shalva was born in 1904 in Tiflis.
MSHVELIDZE, Shalva was born in 1904 in Tiflis.
1930 graduated composition class Tiflis Conservatory. 1933 completed postgrad, course at Tiflis Conservatory.
1927-1935 organized music an d ethnographic expeditions in Georgia. 1941 -51 Chairman, Georgia Union of Composers. Deputy Georgia Supreme Soviet of 1951 convocation.
1921-1927 choirmaster in units of Georgia Red Army Division. 1922-1929 choirmaster at various Georgia school. Instructor of theory, Tiflis Musical Technicum, then instructor of special instrumentation, Tiflis Conservatory.
1929-1942 instructor of composition Tiflis Conservatory. 1931-1936 Deputy Director of Studies, Tiflis, later Tbilisi, Conservatory. 1947-1950 Director and Artistic Director, Georgia Song and Dance Ensemble.
1950-1952 Director, Paliashvili Opera and Ballet Theater, Tbilisi.
Member, Communist Party, since 1947.
Member, Communist Party, since 1947.