Letter: Giya Kancheli obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/17/letter-giya-kancheli-obituary

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The two decades that Giya Kancheli spent as music director of the Rustaveli theatre, Tbilisi, led to collaborations with its artistic director, Robert Sturua. Richard III and The Caucasian Chalk Circle toured in 1979 with a company including Ramaz Chkhikvadze in the role of the king. The Shakespeare play was given at the Roundhouse, in north London, and the Brecht at the Edinburgh festival.