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 Previous Positions
 Tbilisi State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
 Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia 
 General and Artistic Director 2012 – 2014
 Tbilisi Central Music College
 Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia 
 Teacher of Conducting and Chief Musical Consultant 2006 – up today
 Company Geofest, ltd
 Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
 Artistic Director and General Manager 2008 – 2016
 
 Tbilisi State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
 Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
 Conductor in Residence 1991 – 2010
 Russian Federal Orchestra
 Moscow, Russia
 Principal Guest Conductor 1993 – 2005
 Georgian State Chamber Orchestra
 Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
 Chief Conductor and Music Director 1999 – 2003
 Co-founder Borjomi Chamber Music Festival 
 Borjomi, Republic of Georgia
 Co-Founder, Chief Conductor, 2000 – 2003

 Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra
 Kharkov, Ukraine
 Principal Guest Conductor 1991 – 2001
Kharkov State Opera
Kharkov, Ukraine
Principal Guest Conductor 1992 – 2000
 Georgian National Symphony Orchestra
 Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
 Conductor in Residence 1990 – 1999
 Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
 Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia 
 Conductor in Residence 1997 – up to date
 Denver Chamber Orchestra
 Denver, Colorado 
 Principal Guest Conductor 1993 – 1995
 Georgian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra 
 Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia 
 Guest conductor 1990 – 1993
 Tbilisi Conservatory Student Orchestra and Chorus
 Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
 Student Conductor 1983–1989
 

 Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) Conservatory Student Orchestra
 Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia
 Student Conductor 1987 – 1989
 Partial List of Guest Engagements
 San Luis Obispo Symphony
 California, USA 2012 - 2013
 Kharkov State Opera
 Kharkov, Ukraine 1992-2000; 2011
 Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra 1991- 2001; 2004 - 2009
 Kharkov, Ukraine 
 Kiev State Symphony Orchestra
 Kiev, Ukraine 2006-7
 Romanian Radio Orchestra
 Bucharest, Romania 2005
 University Orchestra at Chattanooga
 Chattanooga, Tennessee 2005, 2012 – 2013
 Daegu City Symphony Orchestra
 Daegu, South Korea 2002 – 2004
 Cape Town Philharmonic
 Cape Town, South Africa 1995
 Arizona Philharmonic
 Phoenix, Arizona USA 1994
 Adjara State Symphony Orchestra
 Batumi, Republic of Georgia 1991 – 1993
 
 Kutaisi State Symphony Orchestra
 Kutaisi, Republic of Georgia 1990 – 1991
 Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Association, 
 Chattanooga, Tennessee USA 1990
 

Education
 
 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
 Masters of Music in Conducting, 1989 - 1991
Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) Conservatory
Symphony and Opera Conducting, 
Training classes with professor Ilia Musin 1986 – 1989
Tbilisi Conservatory (Republic of Georgia)
Bachelors of Music in Conducting and Piano Performance, 1984 – 1989
 Tbilisi State Institute of Foreign Languages (Republic of Georgia)
Bachelor’s Degree in English Language and Literature 1981 – 1986
 Central Experimental Music School, 
 Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, graduated in 1983
 
 Awards and Honors
 State Prize of Honor of Republic of Georgia 2001
 Winner of New Millennium Conductor’s Competition, 
 Kharkov, Ukraine 2001
 Member of Who’s Who in Republic of Georgia 2006
 Teaching Experience
Director of Orchestral Studies at Clifford Music Academy
Guangzhou, China 2016 – 2019

Teacher of conducting and Director of Orchestral studies at Tbilisi Central Music College 
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia 2006 – up to date
Master classes on Conducting, 
Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition, 2005 – 2006
Master classes on Conducting, 
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2005
Master classes on Conducting
At Daegu City Symphony Orchestra 2002 – 2004
Chairman of Jury Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition, 
Kharkov, Ukraine 2005 
Chattanooga, Tennessee 2006
Honorary Professor of Conducting in Kharkov Conservatory
Kharkov, Ukraine, 1999
Teacher of Choral Conducting in Music School,
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, 1991 – 1996
 Knowledge of Languages: 
 English and Russian – Fluent
 Georgian – Native