Robert Black (conductor) city (or kalaki). This administrative and governance reform was deemed too inefficient and expensive and was thus revoked in 2017. Since then, the city of Zugdidi has been part of the general muncipality again. Population. By the start of 2021 the population was determined at 99,542 people, a decline of 6% compared to the 2014 census. The city of Zugdidi lost 3% of its population in this period, and los its position of 6th largest city in Georgia to Poti. The population density of the muncipality is . The population consists for 99.6% of Georgians, mainly Mingrelians. There are a few 	Zugdidi Municipality
24679624	hundred Russians (0.2%) and smaller numbers of ethnic minorities such as Ukrainians, Bosha, Armenians, Assyrians, Abkhazians, Ossetes and Greeks. The vast majority of the population is Orthodox Christian (98%), while the only other religious minorities detected through the census are roughly 350 Jehovah's Witnesses who predominantly live in the city of Zugdidi, and a few dozen Muslims. The historic Zugdidi Uyezd, that existed until 1930 and contained the modern municipalities Tsalenjikha, Chkhorotsku and the majority of Khobi, had a population of 114,869 in 1897. Zugdidi Municipality Zugdidi () is a Municipality of Georgia, in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti	Zugdidi Municipality
24679625	Martvili Municipality Martvili Municipality Martvili () is a district of Georgia, in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. Its main town is Martvili. Martvili Municipality is located in the north-eastern part of western Georgia. It is bordered by Lentekhi in the north, Khoni and Tsageri in the east, Abasha in the south, Senaki and Chkhorotsku in the west. The southern part of the Martvili area is occupied by a lowland that rises from southwest to northeast from 60 to 170 meters. The highest place, the headwaters of Tekhuri is located at 3003 meters above sea level. To the south-west of the 	Martvili Municipality
24679626	municipality is the Askha Mountain Range, which is rich in karst caves, waterfalls, mineral deposits and limestone. The mountains of Lebarde, Chekola and Dviri are rich in healing mineral waters. Politics. Martvili Municipal Assembly (Georgian: მარტვილის საკრებულო) is a representative body in Martvili Municipality, consisting of 36 members which is elected every four years. The last election was held in October 2021. Tornike Janashia of Georgian Dream was elected mayor in a tight 2nd round against a candidate of the United National Movement Administrative divisions. Mart'vili municipality is divided into one city (ქალაქი, kalaki), and 20 villages (სოფელი, sopeli): Martvili 	Martvili Municipality
24679627	Robert Black (conductor) Robert Black (conductor) Robert Carlisle Black (April 28, 1950 – November 14, 1993) was an American conductor, pianist and composer. He was most particularly associated with the promotion, performance and recording of contemporary classical music, but he also played and conducted the standard repertoire. Life. Robert Black was born in Dallas, Texas in 1950. The pianist William Black (1952–2003) was his brother. He started his piano studies at age 5, presenting his first public recital at 13. He studied at Oberlin College and the Juilliard School in New York, where his teachers included Beveridge Webster, Roger Sessions and David Diamond. He 	Robert Black (conductor)
24679628	taught at Oberlin, Stanford University, Long Island University (C. W. Post Campus), Princeton University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. His early recording of works by Franz Liszt was nominated by the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest for a Grand Prix du Disque. He founded the New York New Music Ensemble in 1975, was a member of Speculum Musicae from 1978, and founded the Prism Chamber Orchestra in 1983. He was music director of the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra from 1987 to 1993. In 1992 he was appointed Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Kuopio Symphony 	Robert Black (conductor)
24679629	Orchestra in Kuopio, Finland. Other orchestras he conducted or recorded with included the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Silesian Philharmonic. As a conductor, he was as much involved with the standard orchestral repertory as with new music. He conducted performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine, a cycle of symphonies by Mahler, and conducted Mozart piano concertos from the keyboard. Among the hundreds of works his new music groups premiered were Ralph Shapey's Three for Six", Joseph Schwantner's "Music of Amber", Dane Rudhyar's "Epic  Poem", and works by Elliott Carter, Jacob Druckman, Jean Barraqué and Harrison Birtwistle. He appeared at the Bang on a Can Festival in New York, the New York Philharmonic's Horizons Festival, the Warsaw Autumn Festival, the ISCM's World Music Days in Athens, the New England Conservatory Jazz Festival, the Grand Teton Festival, and the LSU Contemporary Music Festival. His recordings include: Elliott Carter's "In Sleep, in Thunder", Ralph Shapey's "Radical Traditionalism", Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" with Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks Concerto", Tod Machover's "Nature's Breath" and "Towards the Centre", Miriam Gideon 's "Five Sonnets From Shakespeare" and "Symphonica brevis" Louise Talma's "Full Circle", Charles Wuorinen's "New York Notes", William Thomas McKinley's "Boston Overture", Stephen Jaffe's "The Rhythm of the Running Plough", Stephen Dembski's "Spectra", Joseph Koykkar's "Composite", Maxine Warshauer's "Revelation", Mitch Hampton's "Three Minute Waltz", Paul Renz's "Symphonic Poem", David Macbride's "Nocturnos de la ventana" and works by Beethoven, Roger Sessions and John Cage. Robert Black came to serious composition very late in his life. His works were particularly influenced by Charles Wuorinen and Ralph Shapey, and include "Underground Judges", "Three  Pieces for Violin and Piano", later reworked as the orchestral work "Capriccio (Blown Apart)", and "Earth Fire", for viola and piano. His sole piece for solo piano was "Foramen Habet!", dedicated to Beveridge Webster. A recording titled "The Art of Robert Black" includes a number of his works. Robert Black died of melanoma in Palo Alto, California, on November 14, 1993, aged 43, survived by his wife, parents and two siblings. Robert Black (conductor) Robert Carlisle Black (April 28, 1950 – November 14, 1993) was an American conductor, pianist and composer. He was most particularly associated with the promotion, performance and