Koka Nikoladze (born 30 September 1989, in Tbilisi) is a Georgian composer and sound artist based in Oslo. He studied at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Musikhochschule Stuttgart and Norwegian Academy of Music. He studied composition with Zurab Nadarejshvili, Marco Stroppa and violin with Ernst Arakelov.
Works
Nikoladze's compositions include: 2010 "Starshine" for guitar, violin and percussion, uses a prepared guitar 2011 "Poezdeplacement - Differentzeitmaßcope" for cembalo universale, violin and cello (Stuttgart micro tonality congress)."NMZ 2011.06" 2011 "Luminarium" for piano, viola and clarinet for Le Balcon"MH-Stuttgart Programm 02.07.2011" 2012 "Kepler Star Dj" for Piano, Timpani and electronics. 2012 he wrote his first opera "Vor dem Gesetz" [Kafka], which was premiered at Wilhelmspalais Stuttgart as a part of the opening ceremony of contemporary music theater studio."Die Drei Tode des Narziss, Programm 2010 - 2012, 2" 2022 "SINGULARITY", a video piece for composed for the Oslo Philharmonic where footage of individual musicians are edited and rearranged into a 15-minute symphonic work.
References
"CES website"