Givi Gachechiladze (born November 5, 1938) is a Georgian composer and conductor, currently the leader of the Tbilisi Municipal Orchestra.
Givi Gachechiladze first gained public attention with an instrumental composition called "Vic" which was included in Victor Feldman's Soviet Jazz Themes (Äva, 1962), the world's first album of Soviet jazz released in the US and abroad in 1963.
In 1997, he founded the Tbilisi Municipal Orchestra, which brought the band leader even more recognition.
In 2006, the Tbilisi Municipal Orchestra, Givi Gachechiladze's direction, won the Monte-Carlo International Jazz Awards of 2006.
[1] Gachechiladze is the author of hundreds of jazz and classical compositions, as well as soundtracks for films and plays.