Arno Babajanjan
Arno Harutjuni Babadschanjan ( Armenian Առնո Հարությունի Բաբաջանյան ; also: Babadzhanian, Babadjanian ; born January 22, 1921 in Yerevan , † November 11, 1983 in Moscow ) was an Armenian composer .
Life
From 1938 Babadschanjan took composition lessons in Moscow with Vissarion Schebalin and studied at the Conservatory of Yerevan with Vardkes Talian . In 1947 he went to the Moscow Conservatory , where he became a piano student of Konstantin Igumnov . He also studied composition with Heinrich Litinski . In 1950 he returned to Armenia, where he worked as a teacher and pianist.
He took over the direction of a piano class at the conservatory in Yerevan and worked there and from 1956 in Moscow as a university teacher, composer and pianist. As a pianist, he has won various international music competitions. In 1952 he was elected to the board of the Composers' Union of the Armenian Socialist Soviet Republic and in 1962 was awarded the title "People's Artist of the Armenian SSR". Babajanjan was one of the leading musical personalities of the Armenian SSR. His compositional work reveals the stylistic influence of his compatriot Aram Khachaturian .
In 1950 one of Babajan's most famous works was composed, the Armenian Rhapsody for two pianos. In 1952 he wrote a piano trio, and in 1954 the poem rhapsody for orchestra. 1959 followed a sonata for violin and piano and the cello concerto dedicated to Mstislaw Rostropowitsch . He also composed other chamber music works as well as songs and film music. In 1981 a nocturne for piano and symphonic jazz ensemble was created. While he was initially oriented towards Armenian folk music, he opened up to musical innovations in the late 1950s and broke away from tonality . On March 9, 2001, the asteroid (9017) Babadzhanyan was named after him.
literature
- Arno Arutjunowitsch Babadshanjan: Music in the past and present . P. 4173, MGG (old) Vol. 15, p. 367, Bärenreiter, 1986.
- Arno (Arutjunovic) Babajanyan: Music in Past and Present MGG (new) Person Teil 1, 1241–1242, Bärenreiter, 1999.
Awards
- 1947 Prize at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Prague
- 1951 Stalin Prize
- 1956 Order of the Red Banner of Labor
- 1971 People's Artist of the USSR
- 1973 First prize at the World Song Contest in Tokyo
- 1981 Order of Lenin
Web links
- Svetlana Sarkisyan: Babadjanian, Aṙno Harutyuni. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Official website of the composer
- Biography on musicofarmenia.com
- Catalog raisonné
- Arno Babadzhanyan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Remarks
- ↑ Most sources cite November 11, 1983 as the date of death, only a few November 15. Some sources give Moscow as the place of death, others Yerevan, where his grave is located.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography in the Great Russian Encyclopedia
- ↑ a b c Georg Geodakyan: Babaĵanyan, Arno. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 1 (Aagard - Baez). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1111-X ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- ↑ a b c d e f Arno Babadschanjan - biography. Retrieved April 28, 2018 (Russian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Babajanjan, Arno |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Babajanjan, Arno Harutjuni (full name); Babadjanian, Arno; Babadzhanian, Arno; Առնո Բաբաջանյան (Armenian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yerevan |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1983 |
| Place of death | Moscow |