Biography

Asmati Chibalashvili was born in 17 February 1986 in Telavi (Georgia). She has started to write music and make improvisation for piano without any ideas about notation in music at the age of 5 years.

She became a student of music school N 2 in Telavi. She attended the piano class led by N. Chankvenadze. At the same time she continued to write songs for children and pieces for piano. She participated in TV program “You may believe or not” when she was 7.

In 1994 on the base of recommendation of the main council of composers of Georgia the major of Telavi has proposed her to go to Odessa for further education.

She has studied at Odessa music school N 4 from 1995 to 1997 and at Odessa music school N 2 from 1997 to 2000. Her speciality was piano. The class master was V. A. Pismichenko.

She continued to write music for flute, violoncello, violin and piano.

She has won many awards at young composers’ competitions.

She was awarded by Odessa regional foundation of culture scholarship.

Then, in 2001 she was graduated from school and entered to Odessa State A. V. Nezhdanova’s Music Academy (speciality — composition, group of docent G. L. Uspensky). She has studied in group of professor K. S. Tsepkonenko.

She has taken management summer school courses in 2005-2006. She made presentations of two projects “The Art of young people” and “Music Marine Fest”.

In 2006 she has obtained diploma of master degree in art with excellence.

Later she has applied for PhD program at National Tchaikovsky’s Music Academy (speciality — composition, group of professor E. F. Stancovic).

Awards:

• Winner of festival “Your talents, Ukraine” (Odessa, 1995)
• Laureate of young composers’ competition (Odessa, 1995)
• Winner of competition “Everyone can challenge himself” (Odessa, 1997)
• Winner of competition “Everyone can challenge himself” (Odessa, 1998)
• Winner of city composers’ competition (Odessa, 1998)
• Winner of young composers’ competition (Odessa, 1999)
• Winner of 2nd Ukrainian art competition “The church of our soles” (Kiev, 1999)
• Georgia embassy’s award for development of Ukrainian-Georgian cultural relationships (Kiev, 2002)

Asmati’s music played by following bands:

• Senza sforzando (Odessa)
• Rikoshet (Kiev)
• Syrinx (Moscow)
• Arcadi (Kiev)

Asmati’s music has been played on following festivals:

• Ukrainian festival of young composers “Orfey” (Odessa, 2000)
• “2 days and 2 nights of new music” (Odessa, 2006, 2008)
• Music Marine Fest (Odessa, 2006)
• Music forum of young people (Kiev, 2007)
• Premieres of the season (Kiev, 2007)
• Musical tribune of Kiev youth (Kiev, 2008)