[1] Practically unknown in the West, in his home country Dolidze is best remembered for his opera Keto and Kote, which premiered in 1919 during the First Republic.

The composition, which remains popular to this day, follows the story of forbidden love between an impoverished prince and a wealthy commoner's daughter.

Victor Dolidze was born on 30 July 1890[2] in the city of Ozurgeti, Kutais Governorate, in what is now Georgia, then part of the Russian Empire.

[3] After his high-school graduation in Georgia, he attended the Kiev Commercial Institute, and concurrently began to work in a music school for violin and composition.

For example, Dolidze's lesser known opera, "Leila", was removed from repertory because one of its main characters was a Georgian monarch, which the Soviet authorities feared would encourage "monarchist sentiments".