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Giya Kancheli, born 10 August 1935 in Tbilisi, is a Georgian composer resident in Belgium.

Kancheli is his country’s most famous living composer and arguably its best-known cultural export. His music is very communicative and immediate and often has a spiritual quality, which leads some to compare him (not always helpfully) to composers such as Arvo Pärt and John Tavener.