Aram Khachaturian

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Aram Khachaturian

Soviet Armenian composer

Also known as: Aram Ilich Khachaturian

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In full:: Aram Ilich Khachaturian

Born:: May 24 [June 6, New Style], 1903, Tiflis, Georgia, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Georgia]

Died:: May 1, 1978, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. (aged 74)

Notable Works:: “Spartacus”

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Aram Khachaturian (born May 24 [June 6, New Style], 1903, Tiflis, Georgia, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Georgia]—died May 1, 1978, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a Soviet Armenian composer best known for his Piano Concerto (1936) and his ballet Gayane (1942), which includes the popular, rhythmically stirring “Sabre Dance.” Khachaturian was born to an Armenian family, and his first experiences of music were the folk songs of his mother and of his hometown of Tiflis (later Tbilisi), Georgia. He was later trained at the Gnesin State Musical and Pedagogical Institute in Moscow and at the Moscow Conservatory and was a professor ...(100 of 304 words)

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