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Alexander Arutiunian (Alexander Grigori Harutyunyan Ալեքսանդր Գրիգորի Հարությունյան) was born on 23 September, 1920 in Yerevan, First Republic of Armenia, is an Armenian composer, pianist. Discover Alexander Arutiunian's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

Popular As Alexander Grigori Harutyunyan Ալեքսանդր Գրիգորի Հարությունյան
Occupation Composer, pianist
Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 23 September, 1920
Birthday 23 September
Birthplace Yerevan, First Republic of Armenia
Date of death 2012
Died Place Yerevan, Armenia
Nationality Armenia

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1920

Alexander Grigori Arutiunian (Ալեքսանդր Գրիգորի Հարությունյան), also known as Arutunian, Arutyunyan, Arutjunjan, Harutyunian or Harutiunian (23 September 1920 – 28 March 2012), was a Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist, widely known for his 1950 Trumpet Concerto.

1927

In 1927, Arutiunian became a member of the Yerevan State Conservatory's children group, then, at age 14, he was admitted to the Conservatory to the studios of Olga Babasyan (piano), and Sergei Barkhudaryan and Vardges Talyan (composition).

He graduated from the Music Conservatory of Yerevan on the eve of World War II.

1943

Arutiunian originally intended to write it in 1943 for a student of Tabakov, Zsolak Vartasarian, who was the principal trumpet in the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra.

1946

After the war he moved to Moscow, where between 1946 and 1948 he participated in the workshops of House of Armenian Culture, studied composition with Genrikh Litinsky.

1948

The USSR Radio Choir and Orchestra premiered this work in November 1948.

1949

A professor at Yerevan State Conservatory, he was recognized with many awards for his work, including the Stalin Prize in 1949 and People's Artist of the USSR in 1970, as well as numerous honors from his homeland of Armenia.

Arutiunian was born in Yerevan, First Republic of Armenia, in the family of Grigor and Eleonora Arutiunian.

His father was a military serviceman.

In 1949, Arutiunian was awarded the Stalin Prize for his cantata Motherland, a graduation piece he wrote as a student at the Moscow Conservatory.

In 1949, Arutiunian composed the "Festive Overture" that was first performed in the Big Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic in November 1949, with Yevgeny Mravinsky conducting.

During the Moscow Music Congress Aram Khachaturian considered him as a promising Soviet composer.

He continued to win acclaim at home and abroad for his works, many of which are quickened by the folk traditions of Armenian music.

1950

Some of Arutiunian's works for wind instruments include his 1950 concerto for trumpet, the concerto for tuba, and the brass quintet Armenian Scenes.

Arutiunian's trumpet concerto was his sixth major composition, written in 1950.

However, Vartasarian died in the war and the concerto was not completed until 1950, so Aykaz Messlayan was the first performer of the concerto and Timofei Dokschitzer was the first to record this concerto.

The concerto's introduction to the United States is solely due to Dokschitzer, a leading Soviet Russian trumpeter.

In 1950, Arutiunian married Irina (Tamara) Odenova.

1951

Their marriage produced two children, a daughter, Narine (born 1951), who is a pianist and lawyer; and a son, Suren (born 1953), who is an artist-designer.

His extended family includes three granddaughters and a grandson.

He died aged 91 in his home city of Yerevan.

Arutiunian is buried at the Komitas Pantheon which is located in the city center of Yerevan.

Important works include:

1954

After graduation he returned to Yerevan to teach at the local Conservatory and in 1954 he was appointed artistic director of the Armenian State Philharmony.

He was also a member of the Board of the Union of Soviet Composers, as well as of the Armenian SSR Composers' Union.

1960

Other works of that kind include The Tale of Armenian People (1960), Ode to Lenin (1967) and Hymn to the Brotherhood (1970).

At the time the concerto was written, his compositional style was similar to Khachaturian's. However, in the 1960s he tended towards classical forms and clearer tonality.

1988

In 1988, inspired by the Spitak earthquake, Arutiunian composed his Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Armenia-88 (dedicated to Ruben Aharonyan).

1989

The premiere took place in Yerevan in 1989.

Arutiunian's Trumpet Concerto consists of seven continuous sections, although the work is categorized as a single movement:

The melodic and rhythmic characteristics of Armenian folk music are a strong influence in Arutiunian's work.

As a composer, he expressed his nationality by incorporating the flavor of ashughner (folk minstrel) improvisations.