Zakharia Paliashvili was born in Kutaisi in 2 August 1871. His older brother Ivan Paliashvili, why became a well-known conductor was the first music teacher of Zakharia. In then he became the first music interpreter of his operas. The family moved to Tbilisi (1887) and Zakharia was singing at the Church chorus and playing organ. Some other young musician - Meliton Balanchivadze, Niko Sulhanishvili, Dimitri Arakishvili were participating in that group.