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|   1960  | 
        born and grown up in Tbilisi, Georgia.  | 
    
|  1977 | 
       school-leaving exam | 
    
|  1977 - 82 | 
      studied classical philology at the Tbilisi State University, played saxophone in the Georgian Television Big Band and the Tbilisi Conservatory Quintet, at various festivals in Tbilisi,Tallin, Vilnius etc. | 
|  1982 | 
       University Diploma | 
    
|  1981 - 90 | 
       composition studies under Michael
Shugliashvili (1941-1996). | 
    
|  1986 - 90 | 
       composition studies at the Tbilisi Conservatory, additionally
studied georgian traditional music.  | 
    
|  1988 - 91 | 
      
      was a member of the Antchiskhati Cathedral Choir in
Tbilisi.  | 
    
|  1991 | 
      moved to Germany and studied composition under Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Döhl at the Musikhochschule Lübeck, also Electroacoustic Music under Prof. Dirk Reith, was an assistant at the Electronic Studio there. | 
|  1992 - 94 | 
       member of the improvisation ensensemble
"Nuova Sonanza", collaboration with Butoh
dance  company "tatoeba -
theatre dance grotesque" (Berlin). | 
    
|  1993 | 
       composition award of  the
Marie-Louise-Imbusch-Stiftung. | 
    
|  1997 | 
      composition award of the Neue
Akademie Braunschweig. | 
    
|  1998 | 
      composition diploma and further studies at the Musikhochschule Lübeck. | 
|    since 2000  | 
       collaboration with the
modern dance company ‘TanzOrt
Nord’(2000
- „Maria Magdalena“ | 
    
|  2001 | 
      "Konzetexamen" (//master's degree) in composition |