Giya Kancheli

Giya Kancheli (; August 10, 1935 – October 2, 2019) was an Georgian composer. After the fall of the Soviet Union he became famous as one of the composers who resisted pressure to conform to official Soviet styles of music. Kancheli has composed many soundtracks for  movies such as Mimino, Kin-dza-dza!, Passport, Blue Mountains, The Eccentrics, and Extraordinary Exhibition.

Kancheli died at his home in Tbilisi on October 2, 2019 at the age of 84.Умер Гия Канчели - создатель музыки к "Мимино" и "Кин-дза-дза" 

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