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In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  AGBU Khachaturian Centennial Event
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) is requently spoken of as being a Russian composer.
Khachaturian was an Armenian, the son of a poor family.
Khachaturian's international reputation really began with his Piano Concerto of 1937, and it was cemented by the Violin Concerto of 1940, written for and frequently performed by David Oistrakh.
www.agbu.org /khachaturian/biography.html   (698 words)

  
 Aram KHACHATURIAN - Cello Concerto [MC]: Classical CD Reviews- Nov 2002 MusicWeb(UK)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Khachaturian was born in Armenia in 1903 and at the age of eighteen he left his native country for Moscow.
Although Khachaturian had done virtually everything asked of him, "His only sin was to have charmed the West with the excellence of his music," according to music writer Norman Lebrecht.
Khachaturian composed his Cello Concerto in 1946 and it was first performed by its dedicatee Sviatoslav Knushevitsky.
www.musicweb.uk.net /classrev/2002/Nov02/KhachaturianCello.htm   (862 words)

  
 Virtual Museum of the Great Armenian Composer Aram Khachaturian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Aram Khachaturian is a talented composer, whose compositions became part of the music classics of the 20-th century.
Khachaturian’s fate as a composer was eventually defined in 1925, when they opened a composition class at the school.
Khachaturian had a daughter Nuneh from the first marriage; she was a pianist.
www.khachaturian.am /eng/biography.htm   (1812 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Khachaturian, Aram Ilich   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Khachaturian, Aram Ilich, 1903-78, Russian composer of Armenian parentage, b.
Khachaturian moved to Moscow in the early 1920s and attended (1929-34) the Moscow Conservatory.
But now it's poised to recover and, with the aid of a population in diaspora, is starting to reinvent itself as a heritage tourist destination.
www.encyclopedia.com /articles/06929.html   (164 words)

  
 Aram Khachaturian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Khachaturian is the only famous Armenian composer in recent memory, but he was born in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 6th, 1903 and he died in Moscow on May 1st, 1978.
Prokofiev was very impressed by Khachaturian’s piano trio, written in 1932, and he arranged for it to be performed in Paris.
Khachaturian, like Shostakovich and Prokofiev, was forced to concede he was wrong.
home.uchicago.edu /~nat222/viktor/khachaturian.html   (481 words)

  
 OFFOFFOFF film review KHACHATURIAN (Khachaturian: An Armenian Love Story) documentary movie about Armenian composer ...
Furthermore, Khachaturian's music — especially his concertos —; was championed by Soviet and western artists such as Mstislav Rostropovich and William Kapell, and was as common on concert programs both in the Soviet Union and in the West.
Khachaturian's artistic and political reeducation consisted of a trip back to Armenia chaperoned by a party official, where he was re-exposed to the folk tunes that formed the basis of much of the music that was now deemed formalistic.
Khachaturian ironically observes (through the voice of narrator Eric Bogosian) that his reeducation included listening to a film score based on "true Armenian music of the people," which his Kremlin-appointed escort did not realize had been written by Khachaturian himself.
www.offoffoff.com /film/2003/khachaturian.php   (756 words)

  
 Aram Khachaturian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aram Ilyich Khachaturian was born in Tbilisi, Georgia (then a part of Imperial Russia) to a poor Armenian family.
Although he had almost no musical education, Khachaturian showed such great talent that he was admitted to the Gnessin Institute where he studied cello under Mikhail Gnessin and entered a composition class (1925).
The decree condemned Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Khachaturian, and other Soviet composers as "formalist" and "antipopular." All three accused composers were forced to apologize publicly.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aram_Khachaturian   (863 words)

  
 Aram Khachaturian International Competition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The outstanding Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian was 19, when, coming to Moscow, he has firstly seen a cello and expressed a wish to study playing “this big violin”.
Khachaturian was an excellent symphonist; he has worked out his private, unrepeatable orchestral style – colorful, gay, sometimes reminding of the “sunny and hot” pictures by Martiros Saryan.
Critically analyzing the work of Aram Khachaturian from the position of our time, one can reproach him that he, being an adherent of traditional writing and trying to escape the “exaggerations”, used only the tested range of the expressive means.
www.akhic.am /eng/?sub=bio&s_year=2003   (499 words)

  
 NPR : The 'Sabre Dance' Man
Aram Khachaturian came of age as a composer during the Stalin regime.
Khachaturian came of age as a composer during the Stalin regime.
Khachaturian apologized and even agreed to be sent back to Armenia to be "reeducated." In 1957, four years after Stalin died, Khachaturian was re-appointed to the Composer's Union.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1287262   (709 words)

  
 Aram Khachaturian 100
As a famous Russian composer, Rodion Schedrin put it, “Khachaturian was the source of the modern and original approach to the folk and artistic components in a composer’s skill.” As such, his accomplishments are reflected in the music of all the schools of composing in the world.
Khachaturian became quite an authority, and as a Professor at the Moscow Conservatory taught a class that would school other famous composers from Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Romania, and Japan.
Khachaturian continued to be acclaimed all over the world, and received many awards for his invaluable contributions to musical art.
www.armeniaemb.org /DiscoverArmenia/CultureArt/AramKhachatrian.htm   (1351 words)

  
 Aram Khachaturian biography - 8notes.com
Aram Ilich Khachaturian (Armenian: Արամ Խաչատրյան, Russian: Аpaм Ильич Xaчaтypян) (June 6, 1903 –; May 1, 1978) was a composer of classical music.
Khachaturian was born in Tiflis, Georgia, Russia (now Tbilisi, Georgia) to a poor Armenian family (the influence of Armenian folk music is prominent in his work).
Aram Ilyich Khachaturian: Trio for Clarinet (or Viola), Violin & Piano Viola part transcribed by Joseph Vieland, composed by Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (1903-1978).
www.8notes.com /biographies/khachaturian.asp   (403 words)

  
 Aram Ilich Khachaturian
Khachaturian era Arménio e nunca se coibiu de inserir temas arménios na sua música, o que a torna muito mais genuína.
Aram Khachaturian, for that was the name of the young loader, successfully finished the music college, then the Moscow Conservatory and eventually became a composer.
Khachaturian’s new ballet created a profound impression, its stirringly optimistic music offering much-needed inspiration for the Soviet soldiers preparing to engage the enemy and those recuperating from their wounds in the quiet of the Ural Mountains.
www.arlindo-correia.com /040903.html   (1220 words)

  
 Aram Ilyich Khachaturian: Centenary Concert; George Pehlivanian (con), Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Levon Chilingirian ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I was privileged to actually hear Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (1903-1978) conduct his own music with the LSO at the RFH in 1977 and still have strong memories of both the superlative conducting and immaculate playing.
Not hearing his music in concert since then, I thought it would be a refreshing experience to return to the same venue to hear this rather neglected composer again, in a concert celebrating the centenary of his birth.
It must also be said that the Philharmonia Orchestra were in very bad form, playing in a manner which was both unforgivable and unacceptable: this was some of the worst playing of its kind I have experienced.
www.musicweb-international.com /SandH/2003/Oct03/Khachaturian1310.htm   (844 words)

  
 WGUC 90.9 FM | Essential Khachaturian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On disc 2 is Khachaturian himself conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in what must be considered a benchmark recording of his Symphony No. 2, known as "Symphony with Bells," which he began composing soon after the Nazi invasion of 1940.
Khachaturian, Sergei Prokofiev, who regularly and daringly appeared in double-breasted "bourgeois" American style suits, and Dmitri Shostakovich, who had been glorified on the cover of Time for writing his 7th Symphony while leading volunteer fire brigades during the "900 Day" Siege of Leningrad, were charged with "formalism" in their compositions (over-intellectualism, unfit for the masses).
Khachaturian's recording omits the "rim-shots", opting for a straight rhythmic tattoo, which is far less effective.
www.wguc.org /content/display.asp?id=22   (1715 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Sibelius, Khachaturian: Violin Concertos: Music: Jean Sibelius,Aram Khachaturian,Kees Bakels,Aaron Rosand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
At this stage in his career, Rosand cannot quite generate the whirlwind of sound that placed him in the forefront of his generation, so it is all the more important that he have a strong ally.
The Khachaturian comes through much better; the Malaysian group has the necessary mechanical precision to bring it off and the recording is generous with the color.
If Khachaturian's Concerto doesn't provide him as many such opportunities for discovery, he and conductor Kees Bakels engage in a cogent dialogue in the first movement's middle section, and he brings a jazzy cheek to the cadenza's closing passages.
amazon.ca /Sibelius-Khachaturian-Violin-Concertos-Jean/dp/B000053VJY   (1469 words)

  
 Aram Il'yich Khachaturian (1903-1978) - famous Aram Il'yich Khachaturian (1903-1978) Classics hit collection and Aram ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Khachaturian, a Soviet composer of Armenian origin, was trained at Moscow Conservatory, where he studied composition with Myaskovsky.
He later assumed important positions in the Union of Soviet Composers and continued to implement one aspect of official cultural policy in his use of regional Armenian thematic material, although his name was joined to those of Shostakovich and Prokofiev in the condemnation of formalism promulgated in 1948.
Khachaturian's Violin Concerto, written in 1940, is a characteristic work and has been transcribed for solo flute by the French flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal.
www.naxos.com /composerinfo/553.htm   (222 words)

  
 'Khachaturian' - MOVIE REVIEW - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com
Ironically, Khachaturian credited the Russian Revolution for providing him with the impetus and opportunity to leave his native Tbilisi, Georgia, for Moscow to study at the conservatory, whereupon he moved swiftly from cellist to celebrated composer.
Khachaturian was constantly photographed and filmed, even in his darkest moments and on his deathbed, and Rosen has been able to draw upon a visual treasure trove, as well as Khachaturian's writings and the observations of colleagues and relatives to create an exceptionally incisive portrait of the life and times of the composer.
In the course of the film, Khachaturian emerges as a jovial man, cherished as a friend and admired as an artist by his colleagues.
www.calendarlive.com /movies/reviews/cl-et-kevin7nov07,2,5786868.story   (499 words)

  
 Malaspina Great Books - Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
A Soviet composer of Armenian origin, Khachaturian first studied at the Moscow Conservatoire with teachers such as Shebalin and Miaskovsky.
Although he did not turn to composition until late, he was a prolific writer and his vigorous music reflects the influence of the folk songs he heard as a child.
Khachaturian's Violin Concerto,; written in 1940, is a characteristic work and has been transcribed for solo flute by the French flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal.
www.malaspina.org /home.asp?topic=./search/details&lastpage=./search/results&ID=814   (610 words)

  
 Seventh Art- Khachaturian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Based on the memoirs of famed Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978); narrated by Eric Bogosian.
Combining rare archival materials from Russian and Armenian archives with interviews, amazing performances and family mementos, "Khachaturian" explores the fine line a man had to tread between being a loyal party functionary and a fighter for artistic freedom.
Khachaturian was the Deputy Chairman of the powerful Composer's Union of the Soviet Union, and as a Communist party functionary wielded great influence over the course of Russian music; he was also a comrade and personal friend to dissident composers of the time - Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and others.
www.7thart.com /current/khach/khach.html   (129 words)

  
 Khachaturian - A Musician and His Fatherland, A Film by Peter Rosen - on VAI
Khachaturian - A Musician and His Fatherland, A Film by Peter Rosen - on VAI
The film is about the life of a composer creating in the darkness of a tragic era.
Like most Soviet citizens, Khachaturian hid a complex private life behind a mask of Communist loyalty.
www.vaimusic.com /VIDEO/DVD_4298_Khachaturian.htm   (202 words)

  
 Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) : Library of Congress Citations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Heading: Khachaturian, Aram Il'ich, 1903-1978 References: Khatchaturian, Aram, 1903-1978 Khach0atryan, Aram, 1903-1978 Khachaturian, A. (Aram), 1903-1978 Khatschaturian, Aram, 1903-1978 Chatschaturjan, Aram, 1903-1978 Chaczaturian, Aram, 1903-1978 Khachaturyan, Aram, 1903-1978 Hachaturian, Aramu, 1903-1978 Notes: His Adventures of Ivan, c1976: t.p.
Glocken-Symphonie Notes: Khachaturian, A. Symphony no. 2 in E minor, p1993: label (Symphony no. 2 in E minor, "the bell") notes (Bell symphony) Heading: Khachaturian, Aram Il'ich, 1903-1978.
LC Database, Jan. 22, 1997 (hdg.: Khachaturian, Aram Il'ich, 1903-1978.
www.mala.bc.ca /~mcneil/cit/citlckhachaturian1.htm   (1539 words)

  
 Synthesis : Movies : Khachaturian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Soviet composer Aram Ilyich Khachaturian is undoubtedly among the more underrated composers of the 20th Century (at least in the West).
Khachaturian himself is seen fleetingly in brief silent film clips.
Khachaturian’s plight makes for an excellent take on Stalinist Russia where despite loyalty to the USSR, censorship (and often times, much worse) lay just beneath the surface for common citizens as well as artists.
www.synthesis.net /movies/story.php?type=story&id=352   (690 words)

  
 Khachaturian - Moviefone
Rating: NR Synopsis: A documentary that unravels the complicated life of Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978), who, through high-level positions in the Soviet...
'Khachaturian' - MOVIE REVIEW - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com As enthralling as it is informative, Peter Rosen's "Khachaturian" celebrates the impassioned music of the great Soviet composer Aram Khachaturian (1903-78)...
Khachaturian - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /movie/khachaturian/16286/main   (153 words)

  
 KHACHATURIAN: Masquerade Suite; Valencian Widow Suite - Alexander Detisov, violin/The Moscow Symphony Orchestra/ ...
Khachaturian composed music for Lope de Vega’s comedic play La viada de Valencia for a 1940 Moscow production.
The Iberian setting immediately has Khachaturian employing elements from zarzuela and from Bizet’s Carmen, apparent in the opening chord of the Intermezzo movement.
Despite the tragic consequences in the drama, Khachaturian ends with a pompous, tumbling Galop, perhaps a bit of political mockery of Soviet censors.
www.audaud.com /article.php?ArticleID=748   (359 words)

  
 Cinema Arts Centre - Huntington, NY
At one moment a favorite of Stalin’s, at the next condemned for the sin of formalism, Aram Khachaturian (1903–78) was, along with his friends Prokofiev and Shostakovich, among the most revered and denigrated composers of the Soviet era.
The core of Khachaturian’s music was overtly Armenian, using its melodies and rhythms, simple and pure, to infuse his ballets, concertos, and symphonies.
Combining rare archival materials from Russian and Armenian archives with interviews, amazing performances, and family mementos, Khachaturian is a must for music and history buffs.
www.cinemaartscentre.org /khachaturian.htm   (257 words)

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