Eleonora Grigor'yevna Eksanishvili (Yeksanishvili) (February 11, 1919 – January 5, 2003) was a Georgian pianist, music educator and composer. Her compositions include two children's operas,[1] a concerto for piano and orchestra, and a Piano Quintet. She has published an article which is featured in the book Sergei Rachmaninoff: a bio-bibliography on Rachmaninoff's visit to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.[2][3] Eksanishvili died in January 2003 at the age of 83.[4]

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  1. ^ "Operas by women". Retrieved 22 October 2010.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Cunningham, Robert (2001). Sergei Rachmaninoff: a bio-bibliography. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313309076. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  3. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  4. ^ Biographical Dictionary of Georgia: ელეონორა ექსანიშვილი