Merab Partskhaladze (1924–2008) was a Soviet, Russian and Georgian composer and music teacher. He was born in Tiflis, Georgian SSR, now Tbilisi, Georgia, into the family of the composer Alexei Partskhaladze and the music teacher Maria Zakharovna.
He took part in the Great Patriotic War. From 1947 to 1950 he studied composition with Sergei Barkhudaryan at the Tbilisi Conservatory. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1953, where he studied composition with Semyon Bogatyrev, and completed postgraduate study there in 1957.
Partskhaladze taught at the Moscow Choral School from 1953 to 1957. From 1957 to 1974, he headed an editorial department at the Muzyka publishing house. He also wrote music for stage productions and films.
His works include the 1954 symphonic poem Nestan, based on Shota Rustaveli's poem The Knight in the Panther's Skin; a piano concerto with orchestra (1953); a string quartet (1951); a sonata for violin and piano; two piano pieces titled Panduruli; and the orchestral suites Forest Scenes (1978), Along Taiga Trails (1986), and Farewell to Dersu (1987). He also wrote songs, including The Happiest, to words by G. Registan.
His theatre works included Light of a Distant Star (1964), Pebbles in the Palm (1965), Riding a Dolphin (1968), Short Tail, Cold Nose (1971), Alone Without Angels (1971), and Before the Cart Overturns (1972).
Partskhaladze was named Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1967 and Honored Art Worker of the Russian SFSR in 1978. In 1986 he received the title People's Artist of the Russian SFSR. His awards also included the Order of Friendship (2000), the Order of the Patriotic War, Second Class, and the Medal for the Defence of the Caucasus.