Otar Taktakishvili

Summary

Otar Taktakishvili is a human^[1]. His place of birth was Tbilisi^[2]. He was born on July 27, 1924^[3]. He died in Tbilisi^[4]. He died on February 24, 1989^[5]. He worked as a conductor^[6], composer^[7], music educator^[8], politician^[9], and concertmaster^[10]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month, #7,282 of 1,000,298).^[11]

Key Facts

• Otar Taktakishvili was born in Tbilisi^[2].
• Otar Taktakishvili passed away in Tbilisi^[4].
• Otar Taktakishvili was born on July 27, 1924^[3].
• Otar Taktakishvili died on February 24, 1989^[5].
• Otar Taktakishvili died on February 22, 1989^[12].
• Otar Taktakishvili died on February 21, 1989^[13].
• Burial took place at Didube Pantheon^[14].
• Otar Taktakishvili held citizenship in Soviet Union^[15].
• Otar Taktakishvili worked as a conductor^[6].
• Otar Taktakishvili worked as a composer^[7].
• Otar Taktakishvili's professions included music educator^[8].
• Otar Taktakishvili worked as a politician^[9].
• Otar Taktakishvili's professions included concertmaster^[10].
• Otar Taktakishvili's professions included film score composer^[16].
• Otar Taktakishvili held the position of minister of culture^[17].
• Among Otar Taktakishvili's employers was Tbilisi State Conservatoire^[18].
• Otar Taktakishvili was educated at Tbilisi State Conservatoire^[19].
• Otar Taktakishvili received the USSR State Prize^[20].
• Otar Taktakishvili received the Order of Lenin^[21].
• Otar Taktakishvili received the Order of the October Revolution^[22].
• Otar Taktakishvili received the People's Artist of the USSR^[23].
• Otar Taktakishvili received the Order of the Red Banner of Labour^[24].
• Otar Taktakishvili received the Lenin Prize^[25].
• Otar Taktakishvili was a member of Union of Soviet Composers^[26].
• Otar Taktakishvili is recorded as male^[27].

Product Details

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• Type: Person^[28]

• Country: GE^[29]

• Began / founded: 1924-07-27^[30]

• Ended / dissolved: 1989-02-21^[31]

• Genre(s): classical^[32]

• Community tags: classical, composer, script-geor^[33]

• MusicBrainz ID: f50dbf38-a4f4-451d-9637-0f03e55a32aa^[34]

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Origins and Family

Otar Taktakishvili was born in Tbilisi^[2]. He was born on July 27, 1924^[3].

Education

Otar Taktakishvili was educated at Tbilisi State Conservatoire^[19]. He studied under Sargis Barkhudaryan^[35].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include conductor^[6], composer^[7], music educator^[8], politician^[9], concertmaster^[10], and film score composer^[16]. Among Otar Taktakishvili's employers was Tbilisi State Conservatoire^[18]. He held the position of minister of culture^[17].

Recognition

Awards received include USSR State Prize^[20], a Soviet state award^[36], in Soviet Union^[37], founded in 1966^[38]; Order of Lenin^[21], an order^[39], in Soviet Union^[40], founded in 1930^[41]; Order of the October Revolution^[22], an order^[42], in Soviet Union^[43], founded in 1967^[44]; People's Artist of the USSR^[23], an award^[45], in Soviet Union^[46], founded in 1936^[47]; Order of the Red Banner of Labour^[24], a socialist order of merit^[48], in Soviet Union^[49], founded in 1928^[50]; and Lenin Prize^[25], a Soviet state award^[51], in Soviet Union^[52], founded in 1925^[53].

Personal Life

Otar Taktakishvili was affiliated with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union^[54].

Death and Burial

Recorded date of death include February 24, 1989^[5], February 22, 1989^[12], and February 21, 1989^[13]. Otar Taktakishvili passed away in Tbilisi^[4]. He is buried at Didube Pantheon^[14].

Why It Matters

Otar Taktakishvili ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month, #7,282 of 1,000,298).^[11] He has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[55] He is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[56]

FAQs

Where was Otar Taktakishvili born?

Otar Taktakishvili was born in Tbilisi^[2].

Where did Otar Taktakishvili die?

Otar Taktakishvili passed away in Tbilisi^[4].

What did Otar Taktakishvili do for work?

Otar Taktakishvili worked as conductor^[6], composer^[7], music educator^[8], politician^[9], and concertmaster^[10].

Where did Otar Taktakishvili go to school?

Otar Taktakishvili was educated at Tbilisi State Conservatoire^[19].

What awards did Otar Taktakishvili receive?

Honors received include USSR State Prize^[20], Order of Lenin^[21], Order of the October Revolution^[22], and People's Artist of the USSR^[23].