Georgian conductor

Jansug Kakhidze

Intro
Georgian conductor
Awards Received
Order of the Badge of Honour
People's Artist of the USSR
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
People's artist of the Georgian SSR

Jansug Ivanes dze Kakhidze (Georgian: ჯანსუღ კახიძე; 26 May 1935 — 7 March 2002) was a Georgian conductor, nicknamed "the Georgian Karajan". Kakhidze was music director of the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra for two decades beginning in 1973. He is the father of composer and conductor Vakhtang Kakhidze.