26.02.1955.
Ethnomuiscologist; works at Georgian Folk Music Laboratory of Tbilisi State Conservatoire. Graduated from Tbilisi State Conservatoire in 1979 (Musicology Department, in specialty of folklore), completed post-graduate studies (in specialty of musical aesthetics) in 1983. Studies aesthetic fundamentals of Georgian secular and sacred music in the aspect of medieval Georgian philosophy (Ioane Petritsi); has published a number of articles in scientific collections and journals of the Conservatoire; participates in national and international conferences and symposia.
Pirtskhalava’s main works:
Musikaluri analogiebis shesakheb Ioane Petritsis nashromshi “Ganmartebai proklesatvis diadokhosisa da platonuri filosofiisatvis” (On musical analogies in Petritsi’s work). (1989). Magazine “Sabchota Khelovneba”, # 5: 110-115 (in Georgian)
Kartuli himnografiis estetikis sakitkhisatvis (On the issue of the aesthetics of Georgian Hymnography). (1991). In the collection: Tsurtsumia, Rusudan (editor).
Dzveli kartuli profesiuli musika. Istoriisa da teoriis sakitkhebi (Ancient Georgian professional music. Issues of history and theory): 67-80. Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Conservatoire (in Georgian)
Nartis shesakheb Ioane Petritsis tkhzulebashi “Ganmartebai proklesatvis diadokhosisa da platonuri filosofiisatvis” . (1993-1994). In the collection of scientific works: Tsurtsumia, Rusudan (editor). Issues of Musicology: 86-101. Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Conservatoire (in Georgian)
Tsneba “Bamtan” dakavshirebit ioane petritsis “Ganmartebai proklesatvis diadokhosisa da platonuri filosofiisatvis” . (2000). In the collection: Tsurtsumia, Rusudan (editor). Issues of Georgian Polyphony. Proceedings from the International Conference dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the establishement of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire: 156-163. Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Conservatoire (in Georgian, with English resume)
“Mzakhri, zhiri, bamis ertoba sheqovlebisa-s” shesakheb ioane petritsis “ganmartebai proklesatvis diadokhosisa da platonuri filosofiisatvis” . (2002). In the collection: Andriadze, Manana (editor). Kartuli saeklesio galobis tanamedrove problemebi (Modern problems of Georgian chanting): 32-39. Tbilisi: Patriarchy of Georgia, Center for Chanting (in Georgian)
Samebis problemis shesakheb ioane petritsis “Ganmartebai prokklesatvis diadokhosisa da platonuri filosofiisatvis” . (2002). Magazine ACADEMIA. Vol. IV: 50-56. Tbilisi: Association of Modern Studies (AMSI) (in Georgian, with English resume)Petritsis filosofia da kartuli mravalkhmianoba (Petriotsi’s philosophy and Georgian polyphony). (2003). Tsurtsumia, Rusudan and Jordania, Joseph (editors). The First International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony: 109-126. Tbilisi: International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony (in Georgian and English languages)
Ioane Petritsis mnishvnelobis shesakheb kartuli himnografiis istoriashi (On the importance of Ioanne Petritsi in history of Georgian hymnography). (2005). Tsurtsumia, Rusudan and Jordania, Joseph (editors). International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire: LTD Chokhi (in Georgian and English languages)
Harmoniis sadari kartuli tsneba “mortuleba” ioane petritsis tkhzulebashi “ganmartebai proklesatvis diadokhosisa da platonuri filosofiisatvis” . (2008). Tsurtsumia, Rusudan and Jordania, Joseph (editors). The Third International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony: 84-96. Tbilisi: International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire (in Georgian and English languages)
