Aleksandr Ajemyan

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Aleksandr Vartanowitsch Adschemjan (also Adjemian , Armenian Ալեքսանդր Աճեմյան Aleksandr Adschemjan , Russian Александр Вартанович Аджемян * 25. August 1925 in Tbilisi , Georgian SSR , Soviet Union ; † 10. October 1987 in Yerevan , Armenian SSR , Soviet Union) was a Soviet composer of Armenian origin .

Life

Alexander Ajemyan's parents were the theater director Vartan Ajemian senior (1905–1977) and his wife, the actress Arus Asryan (1904–1987). His father founded the second Armenian State Theater in Leninakan , the former Gyumri , in 1928 . Until his parents moved to Yerevan in 1939, he spent his childhood there and also attended the music school there. First he received violin lessons and later also piano lessons. The artistic atmosphere at home, growing up in the theater environment, and contact with important Armenian artists promoted Ajemyan's decision to become an artist and musician. In Yerevan he attended the Aleksandr Spendiarjan Music School . His training was interrupted by the Great Patriotic War . From 1943 to 1946 he served as a border guard. After the war he continued his musical education. He soon became a member of the composition class of Grigor Jeghiasarjan (1908–1988) at the Yerevan State Conservatory . There he graduated in 1955. In 1965 he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR . From 1971 to 1987 he taught at the Conservatory. He was a member of the Association of Composers of Armenia . His son, the composer Vartan Ajemian , was born in 1956. His daughter is the pianist Arus Ajemjan .

Works (selection)

He composed his first symphony in 1955, followed by the second symphony for soprano and orchestra in 1964 and the third in 1967. In 1971 he wrote a Pastoral Sinfonietta. The 4th symphony followed in 1972. Between 1949 and 1986 he wrote 52 songs. The symphonies No. 5 Սասունցի Դավիթ ( David von Sasun ) and No. 6 Յոթ երգ Հայաստանի մասին [Seven Songs on Armenia] based on the Armenian poet Geworg Emin (1919–1998) have a programmatic content. Other works are Հովվերգական սիմֆոնիետ [Bucolic Symphony] and a Requiem. The rhapsody for choir and orchestra was recorded by the Armenian Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra under the direction of Loris Tschgnaworjan (* 1937) in 1997 and in 1998 on the ASV Ltd. label. published on CD Orchestral music of Armenia . He also wrote chamber music and music for theater and cinema.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Alexander Adjemian. In: http://www.nab.am . NAB Productions Ltd., 2016, accessed on November 5, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Ալեքսանդր Աճեմյան. In: http://findarmenia.org . Retrieved November 6, 2018 (Armenian).
  3. ↑ a b Aram Baghdasaryan: Ալեքսանդր Աճեմյան. In: http://avproduction.am . Retrieved November 6, 2018 (Armenian).
  4. ↑ a b Այսօր Ալեքսանդր Աճեմյանի ծննդյան օրն է | Music of Armenia. In: http://www.musicofarmenia.com . Music of Armenia, accessed November 6, 2018 (Armenian).
personal data
SURNAME Ajemjan, Aleksandr
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ajemjan, Aleksandr Vartanowitsch; Adjemian, Alexander; Adjemian, Alexandre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet composer of Armenian origin
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Tbilisi , Georgian SSR , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1987
Place of death Yerevan , Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic , Soviet Union