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Name, Surname Tamaz Gabisonia

Department, Discipline, Academic Status Associate Professor, ethnomusicologist.

Position Co-leader of the ethnomusicological research group

About

 Biography

Tamaz Gabisonia graduated from Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire in 1986 as musicologist, in 2009 he was awarded a PhD in Musicology. In 1995-2011 he was a lecturer and scientific worker at Tbilisi State Conservatoire. At various times he taught at Tbilisi Institute of Culture, Giorgi Mtatsmindeli High School of Chant and Batumi Conservatoire. Since 2011 he has worked at Ilia State University.

 Scientific interests / research interests

Georgian folk music and church chant, traditional music of the world peoples, music and religion, semiotics.

Publications

 Featured publications

 Criteria for Determining the Types of Polyphony of Georgian Folk Songs. In: Echoes from Georgia: Seventeen Arguments on Georgian Polyphony. Focus on Civilizations and Cultures –

Music. 2009. Editors: Rusudan Tsurtsumia, Joseph Jordania. Reviewers: Simha Arom (France), Polo Vallejo (Spain) Nova Science Publishers. Inc. New York.  Terminological priorities of Georgian traditional polyphony. In: European Voices II (Cultural Listening and Local Discourse in Multipart Singing Traditions in Eupore).Ardian ahmedaja (ed). Pp 207-219. Bohlau Verlag Wien-Koln-Weimar. 2011  Dialectics of a Second in Ethnic Music. Statics and Dialectics, proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony of Tbilisi State Conservatoire, 2013  The known examples of personal influence on Georgian musical tradition. - Third Symposium of the ICTM Study Group for Multipart Music 12-16 september 2013 Budapest. 2015;  Semiotic Dimensions of Drone in Ethnic Music, proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony of Tbilisi State Conservatoire, 2015  Metaphores in Music. Parallels of Rhetorical Figures in Georgian Traditional Music. 5th Scientific Conference in Semiotics, The World in Metaphores and the World of Metaphores. Semiotics XIV. Tbilisi, 2014  Encyclopedic Dictionary of Georgian Music, editor-consultant in folklore and chant, author of articles (folk music, folklore Georgian musical, Georgian musical dialects, etc). Author-compilers and editors: Rusudan Kutateladze and Mzia Japaridze, Tbilisi, 2015

 Books

Georgian Folk Music – a text-book for the students of Performance Faculty of Tbilisi State Conservatoire –compiler together with Tamar Meskhi, Tbilisi, 2005.

 Articles in magazines

 “Georgian Folk Choral Music”, “ICB – International Choral Bulletin”, Volume XXV, N 4-4th Quarter, (managing Editor Jutta Tagger), Louvigny, France, 2006  Критерии „аутентичности“ в грузинском народном музыкальном исполнительстве, Musicology, a peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Musicology of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts #17 (2014).  articles in “Musika” journal

 Articles in newspapers articles in newspapers (“Rezonansi”, “Shvidi dghe”,” Akhali shvidi dghe”, “Akhali kartuli gazeti”, “Droni”, etc)

 An extensive list of publications  Compositional Principles and Types of Georgian Folk Polyphony, in Issues of Georgian Polyphony collection of scientific works of V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Tbilisi, 1988;  Synthetic and Transitional Forms of Georgian Folk Polyphony, in Issues of Musicology collection of scientific works of V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Tbilisi, 1993-94;

 Functional Initiative in Georgian Folk Song, in Issues of Musicology, collection of scientific works of V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Tbilisi, 1997;  Typological Classification of Georgian Folk (vocal) polyphony, in Issues of Musicology, collection of scientific works dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Tbilisi, 2000;  Some Aspects in the Interrelation of Georgian Church Chant and Georgian Folk Song; in problems of polyphony of sacred and secular music; proceedings of the scientific conference dedicated to the 2000th anniversary of Christianity and 3000th anniversary of Statehood of Georgia, Tbilisi 2001;  About the Brochure “So They Sang in Georgia”; contemporary problems of Georgian Church Chant; Centre of Church Chant of the Georgian Patriarchy, Tbilisi 2002;  Vasil Makharadze (1908-1981) – Masters of Georgian Folk song, Guria, vol.III (co-author with Nino Chalisuri); The International Centre for Georgian Folk Song. Tbilisi 2004;  Melodic Models of Georgian Divine Liturgy – http://gesj.internet- academy.org.ge/ge/list_aut_artic_ge.php?b_sec=muz&list_aut=1203, 2005  Hypotheses on the formation of Georgian Polyphony, in proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, eds Rusudan Tsurtsumia and Joseph Jordania International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony, Tbilisi, 2005;  The Notion “Polyphony” on the Example of Georgian Folk Music – in proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, eds Rusudan Tsurtsumia and Joseph Jordania International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony, Tbilisi, 2007;  The Polyphony of Gurian Song, paper for the Conference dedicated to Dimitri Araqishvili, published in Khelovneba journal, Tbilisi, 2008;  Forms of Georgian Traditional Polyphony, Dissertation work for the academic degree Doctor of Musicology, 2009 http://polyphony.ge/uploads/tamaz_gabisonia__disertation.pdf;  Forms of Georgian Folk Instrumental Polyphony, in proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, eds Rusudan Tsurtsumia and Joseph Jordania International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony, Tbilisi, 2009;

 Terms for Georgian Traditional and Medieval Professional Polyphonic Singing in Alphabetical Order, together with Joseph Jordania http://www.mdw.ac.at/ive/emm/index.php?id=149;  Jordania, Joseph; Gabisonia Tamaz. Georgia: traditional vocal polyphony and folk terminology. In: European Voices II (Cultural Listening and Local Discourse in Multipart Singing Traditions in Europe).A rdian ahmedaja (ed). pp. 335-375. Bohlau Verlag Wien-Koln-Weimar. 201;  Beginner in Georgian Folk Polyphony, in proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, eds Rusudan Tsurtsumia and Joseph Jordania International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony, Tbilisi, 2011; pp. 196-211  Problems of Mode in Georgian Traditional Music and Veshapidze-Tsereteli’s Mode, 9th International Conference-Festival, Batumi, 2014;  Vocal Parallelism in Georgian Traditional Music, scientific conference dedicated to Manana andriadze, Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Tbilisi, 2015;  Author in Georgian Ethnic Music, Performance Problems in Folk and Church Music, papers. 10th International Conference-Festival, Batumi, 2015;  Semiotic Aspects of Georgian Urban Folk Music, 5th Conference in Semiotics, Urban semiotics, Semiotics XV. Tbilisi, 2015;

Courses

 Current Courses Introduction to Ethnomusicology Music, religion, ritual Traditional music of the peoples of the world Georgian church music Music from different points of view Iliauni student folk choir

 Course Catalog

Introduction to Ethnomusicology (Bachelor course)

Music, religion, ritual (Bachelor course)

Traditional music of the peoples of the world (Bachelor course)

Georgian church music (Bachelor course)

Music from different points of view (Bachelor course)

Iliauni student folk choir (Bachelor course)

Performing features of georgian folk songs (Bachelor course)

Music in the context interdisciplinary researches (Doctoral course)

Georgian folk musical art (Bachelor course)

Ethnomusicology (Bachelor course)

Notation of folk music (Bachelor course)

Video-lectures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVBLh9_-2bA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6BHXSSiG-c

Contact Information

 E-mail [email protected]

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 Telephone No. 593 181 000; 234 30 14  Address and Room  ISU Room E229, Cholokashvili 3/5 Avenue, Tbilisi 0162, Georgia