Artemi Ajwasjan

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Artemi (Arutjun) Sergeyevich Ajwasjan (also Artemi Ayvazyan , Armenian Արտեմի Այվազյան , also Russian Артемий Сергеевич Айвазян Artemi Sergeyevich Ajwasjan ; born June 26 . Jul / 9. July  1902 greg. In Baku , Russian Empire , today Azerbaijan , † November 14 1975 in Yerevan , Armenian SSR , Soviet Union , today Armenia ) was a Soviet composer, conductor and cellist of Armenian origin.

life and work

In 1923 he graduated from the Tbilisi Conservatory . He attended the cello class of Konstantin Minjar-Belorutschew (1874–1944). In Yerevan he took composition lessons from Alexander Spendiarjan in 1923 and taught at the newly established Yerevan State Conservatory , where he led the first cello class. From 1927 to 1930 he directed the music school and a symphony orchestra in Leninakan . In 1932 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory . Here he was in the cello class of Semjon Kosolupows (1884–1961). In 1933 he received a third prize in the 1st all-union competition of the USSR. Two compositions of this year are an Armenian and a Grusin dance for cello and piano. He then attended graduate school and graduated from Kosolupov in 1935. He did not develop his further career as a cellist, but instead devoted himself to the management of various musical ensembles and to composing. Since 1936 he lived in Yerevan. In that year he published seven pieces for violin and piano. In 1938 he wrote the opera Taparnikos . From 1940 to 1942 he directed the Philharmonic. From 1943 to 1945 he directed the Musical Comedy in Yerevan. During this time he wrote several operettas. From 1938 to 1956 he directed the Armenian Entertainment Orchestra , also known as the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra , which became famous for its jazz repertoire. Since 1952 he was a member of the CPSU . In 1956 Ajwasan gave the direction of the entertainment orchestra to Konstantin Orbeljan. In 1962 he received the honorary title of People's Artist of the Armenian ASSR. In 1965 he wrote the symphonic poem Armenia and the opera Господин Минтоев в Париже [Mr. Mintojew in Paris]. 1970 followed another operetta with Любовь под звездами [love under the stars]. He also wrote three orchestral suites (1948, 1955 and 1966), two cello concertos (1947 and 1967), two string quartets (1951 and 1955) and a violin sonata (1970). For violoncello and piano he wrote a concert etude (1953) and two sonatas (1971 and 1972). His songs such as Армения [Armenja], Караван [Karawan] and Карин [Karine] (text: Wladimir Harutjunjan) became famous in the Soviet Union . He also celebrated success as a film composer. In 1957, for example, he wrote the music for the cartoon films Волк и семеро козлят [ The Wolf and the Seven Goats ] and Снежная королева [ The Snow Queen ] and the film Сердцеш матери [Mother's Heart Окем Окем Окем Окем Окем Окем чем чем чем Окем чем чем Окем Окем чем Окем чем чем чем Окем чероматери Оленая королева [ The Snow Queen ]. , 1959 for the cartoon Похитители красок [ color thieves ] and 1961 for the feature film Перед восходом солнца 1961 [Before Sunrise].

Commemoration

The 2018 Yerevan Jazz Festival was dedicated to Artemi Ajwasjan. The occasion was the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra by Ajwasjan and the 80th anniversary of the jazz festival.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Արտեմի Այվազյան. In: https://www.dasaran.am . Retrieved November 18, 2018 (Armenian).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Айвазян, Артемий (Арутюн) Сергеевич . In: Большая биографическая энциклопедия . 2009 (Russian, academic.ru ).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Айвазян А. С. In: JW Keldyscha (ed.): Музыкальная энциклопедия . Советская энциклопедия, Советский композитор, Moscow 1982 (Russian, academic.ru ).
  4. ↑ Артемий Айвазян, братья Ордояны, Рашид Бейбутов и другие . In: Новое Время . (Russian, nv on [accessed November 20, 2018]).
  5. ^ Abel Polese, Jeremy Morris, Emilia Pawłusz, Oleksandra Seliverstova: Identity and Nation Building in Everyday Post-Socialist Life . Routledge, 2017, ISBN 978-1-351-73543-8 (English, google.de [accessed November 22, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Yerevan Jazz Festival 2018 dedicated to composer Artemi Ayvazyan. In: https://www.panorama.am . October 24, 2018, accessed November 22, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Ajwasjan, Artemi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ajwasjan, Artemi Sergejewitsch (full Russian name); Ajwasjan, Arutjun (Armenian version)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet composer, conductor and cellist
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Baku , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1975
Place of death Yerevan , Armenian SSR , Soviet Union