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Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (/ ˈ ær ə m ˌ k ɑː tʃ ə ˈ t ʊər i ə n /; [1] Russian: Арам Ильич Хачатурян, IPA: [ɐˈram ɨˈlʲjitɕ xətɕɪtʊˈrʲan] ⓘ; Armenian: Արամ Խաչատրյան, Aram Xačatryan; [A] 6 June [O.S. 24 May] 1903 – 1 May 1978) was a Soviet Armenian composer and conductor. [5]
Aram Khachaturian in 1971. This is a list of compositions by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian. Ballets. Shchastye ("Happiness"; Yerevan, 1939)
It is Khachaturian's best known and most recognizable work worldwide. [3] [4] In the composer’s own words, the “Dance of the Kurds”, which subsequently became the “Sabre Dance”, originated with the insistence of the Director of the Kirov Theatre already after the rehearsal process had commenced. Although Khachaturian considered the ...
Spartacus (Russian: «Спартак», Spartak) is a ballet by Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978). The work follows the exploits of Spartacus, the leader of the slave uprising against the Romans known as the Third Servile War, although the ballet's storyline takes considerable liberties with the historical record.
The Symphony No. 2 in E minor, is one of the Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian's most well-known pieces of music. Completed in 1943, it was nicknamed The Bell or Symphony with Bells by Georgi Khubov [1] for its bell motif that begins and ends the piece.
1955, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Aram Khachaturian, Supraphon SU41002 - Aram Khachaturian: Composer - Conductor - Pianist (2012) 1955, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York, Andre Kostelanetz, Columbia CL758; 1957, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Monitor Records MCS2078
The Piano Concerto was the first of three concertos Khachaturian wrote for the individual members of a renowned Soviet piano trio that performed together from 1941 until 1963. The others were the Violin Concerto for David Oistrakh (1940) and the Cello Concerto for Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (1946).
When flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal approached Khachaturian to ask him to compose a concerto for flute and orchestra, Khachaturian suggested that the Violin Concerto would be adaptable for flute. With the composer's encouragement, Rampal completed the transcription in 1968, providing his own cadenza as a substitute for the original violin cadenza ...