MUSIC: Dr. Zaza Miminoshvili - Composition, Classical Guitar, Godin Fretless, Electric and MIDI Guitars, panduri

Education

* graduate of the guitar course, tutor maestro V. Giorgadze; specialised in classical and Spanish guitar, concert-soloist and composition

* graduate of the course for jazz-composition and improvisationtheory, tutor Prof. L. Jincharadze

* graduate with distinction of the course for music-improvisation at the Human-Tech Institute (HTI), Tbilisi, specialised in performing and composition

* graduate with distinction of the State University of Tbilisi, specialised in geometry and topology; A. von Humboldt scholar; scientific publications in the field of algebraic topology

Lecturer* for guitar playing and improvisation theory at the HTI, Tbilisi; workshops during the ‘Uhuru’ World Music Festival, Solothurn, Switzerland, 1996/97, themes: ‘Voice and Rhythm’, ‘The blending of the Gregorian chant with Georgian Polyphony’; numerous workshops in Germany and in Switzerland, themes: polyphony (Ibero-Caucasian), polyrhythmic (Georgian, Indian) and improvisation-theory

* for mathematics at the Technical University, Tbilisi; Senior Scientist at the Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia

Composerin the Rustaveli State Theatre in co-operation with the theatre director Robert Sturua for Brecht’s ‘Dreigroschenoper’ and ‘A Kind Man from Sezuan’, Tchechov’s ‘Ward No. 6’,Calderon’s ‘Life Is A Dream’ (first performance at ‘Expo ‘92’ in Sevilla)

Performer* as studio musician, more than 30 movies in the ‘Georgia Film Studio’

* since 1993 in Germany, debuts on European stages with the all-star jazz group Adio from Georgia

* founder of TheShin duo with the bass player and singer Zurab J. Gagnidze, 1998

* guitarist and panduri player, arranger in the Fuat Saka International Group, founded in 1998

* composer, music arranger and guitarist of Legend Of Tamar, founded by Erisioni – Georgian State Academic Singing And Dancing Ensemble, tour in the USA 2000

Festivals and ConcertsTheShin – Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Emkendorf; International Guitarfestivals: Wiesloch; Open Strings, Osnabrück; House of Blues, Chicago; Bayerischer Hof, Munich; Gasteig, Munich; International Guitar Festival, Adjara Music Hall,Tbilisi; Kashmirklub, London; Cemal Salonu, Istanbul; Intern. Ethno Jazz Fest, Chisinau; Jazztage Eberbach; World Music Festival – Amsterdam

Adio – Hessen Jazz Idstein; Bach-Week Heidelberg; Jazz Spectacle Wuppertal; International Summer Festival Castle Auerbach; Gostenhofer Jazztage, Nuremberg, Uhuru World Music Festival, Solothurn; Jazz Across the Border, Berlin; Schlachthof, Munich; Frankfurter Hof, Mainz; Jazzkeller Frankfurt

Legend of Tamar – Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, New York, Washington DC • Fuat Saka International Group– Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Strassbourg, Innsbruck, London, Vienna; Fabrik, Hamburg; Enschede

‘Little Imber’ – Symphonie von Giya Kancheli, Salisbury (England) 2003

Broadcasting

* TV - shows on channel one and two, Ibervision and Rustavi two, Georgia; HR, NDR, BR, MDR (German radio channels); live performance in ‘Les Surprises des Martial Solal’ at Radio France, Paris; Live Show Canal TGRT & BRT, Istanbul; King-FM, Seattle; ‘Voice of America’, Washington DC

CD Productions
‘ManyTimer’, BBB Music, 2005

Soundtracks, film music by Giya Kancheli, Tbilisi, 2004

‘Lazutlar-III’, Dogan Music Company, Istanbul 2002, Fuat Saka International Group

‘Lazutlar-II’, Kalan Music, Istanbul 2000, Fuat Saka International Group

‘Legend Of Tamar’, Erisioni Productions, Seattle 2000, Georgian State Academic Singing And Dancing Ensemble – Erisioni

‘Tseruli’, Acoustic Music Records, 1999, duo TheShin

‘Shin’, F&C Records, 1995, jazz group Adio

Endorsement & Workshopssince 1994 Godin Guitars; since 1997 Blue Chip Music Technology;

Workshops:Music Fair, Frankfurt, 1995 and 1998

Harmann Company Fair, Heilbronn 1996

Rock and Pop Music Fair Bonn, ‘Guitar yesterday and today’, Bonn, 1997

Awards* Award of the USSR Jazz Festival in Tbilisi, 1981 and 1983

* ‘Best Composition’ at the International Guitar Festival in Batumi, Georgia, 1991

* ‘Best Acoustic Jazz-Guitarist’, the Georgian Ministry of Culture, 1992

* ‘Best Jazz Performer’ and ‘Best Composition’ with the jazz group Adio, Art Festival ‘Liga-96’, Tbilisi

Country of residence: Germany

Source: www.artofmusic.net