Jemal Gokieli

Jemal Gokieli
Background information
Birth name	Jemal Gokieli
Born	July 4, 1920 Kutaisi, Georgia
Died	April 14, 1991 (aged 70) Tbilissi, Georgia
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Conductor
Years active	1944–1991

Jemal Gokieli (Georgian: ჯემალ გოკიელი; July 4, 1920 - April 14, 1991) was a Georgian conductor.

Biography

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 his childhood he used to play on organ in the Catholic Church of Kutaisi.

In 1940-es he studied conducting at Tbilisi and Moscow Conservatories where his tutors were Odysseas Dimitriadi, Grigori Stoliarov and Aleksandr Gauk.

In 1944-48 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.

Jemal Gokieli and Dmitri Shostakovich