Recognized as the People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1961) and a laureate of the USSR State Prize, he wrote a variety of compositions ranging from opera to symphonic works and film scores.

[1] Lagidze's notable compositions include his 1973 opera "Lela" and the "Song about Tbilisi", which remains popular in Georgia and Russia to this day.

Lagidze was born on July 10, 1921, in the Imereti region of Georgia, which had been occupied by Bolshevik Russia a few months prior.

He authored numerous ballads for Georgian pop singers of his time, such as Lily Gegelia.

Lagize produced music for dozens of well-known Georgian and Soviet films of the mid 20th century.