Given the question: Facts: - caption: zakaria paliashvili portrait by ucha japaridze - origin: kutaisi , georgia - death date: october 6 , 1933 - genre: classical music - birth date: 16 august 1871 - name: zakaria paliashvili - background: non_performing_personnel - image: paliashvili by jafaridze.jpeg - occupation: composer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of zakaria paliashvili .
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zakaria paliashvili -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 1871 -- 1933 -rrb- was a georgian composer .he is regarded as a founder of georgian classical music .as a young boy , he sang in a choir and learned to play the organ in the st. mary catholic church of kutaisi .his first tutor was his brother ivan , who later became a conductor .paliashvili moved to tbilisi in 1887 as a chorister in the st. mary assumption catholic church of tbilisi , eventually entering the music school there , studying french horn and composition .during 1900-1903 , he studied composition under sergei taneyev at the moscow conservatory .upon returning to his native land , paliashvili began to play a strong role in developing national music in georgia .he collected georgian folk songs , co-founded the georgian philharmonic society , and became head of the tbilisi conservatory .paliashvili composed works for symphony orchestra -lrb- e.g. , '' georgian suite on folk themes '' -rrb- , but is probably best known for his vocal music , which includes choruses and songs .his major works in this regard are the operas '' abesalom da eteri '' -lrb- '' absalom and eteri '' -rrb- -lrb- premiered 1919 , although a version of act iii was performed in 1913 ; based on a folk tale '' eteriani '' -rrb- , '' daisi '' -lrb- '' twilight '' -rrb- -lrb- 1923 -rrb- , and '' latavra '' -lrb- 1927 -rrb- .