Sound · Music
Active 1924–present · Awards: State Stalin Prize, 1st degree, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", People's artist of the Georgian SSR, Order of the Badge of Honour
Dimitri Arakishvili was a Soviet and Georgian composer and ethnomusicologist who is considered one of the founding fathers of modern Georgian music. He was also known by his Russified name Dimitry Ignatyevich Arakchiev.