Diran Alexanian

Diran Alexanian ( Armenian Տիրան Ալեքսանյան , born April 2, 1881 in Constantinople , † July 27, 1954 in Chamonix ) was a cellist, composer and music teacher of Armenian descent.

Life

Alexanian studied in Leipzig with Friedrich Grützmacher and during this time had the opportunity to perform as a chamber musician with Johannes Brahms and Joseph Joachim . At the age of 17 he played the solo part in a performance of Richard Strauss ' Don Quixote under the direction of the composer , representing Hugo Becker , and later gave concerts with Arthur Nikisch and Gustav Mahler .

From 1921 to 1937 he taught the "Casals class" at the École Normale de Musique de Paris as assistant to Pablo Casals , where Gabriel Cusson , Maurice Eisenberg , Antonio Janigro , Gregor Piatigorsky , Hidayat Inayat Khan , Pierre Fournier and Emanuel Feuermann were among his Students counted. With Pablo Casals, he published the Traité théorique et pratique du violoncelle in 1922 and seven years later an analytical edition of Johann Sebastian Bach's solo suites . In 1936 he gave the first performance of George Enescu's 2nd cello sonata with the composer and played Brahms' double concerto with him.

In 1937 Alexanian went to the United States and taught at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore and at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. His students included Bernard Greenhouse , David Soyer , George Ricci , Raya Garbousova , Alexander Schneider and Mischa Schneider . Alexanian emerged as a composer with pieces for cello and other instruments, in which he processed Armenian folk tunes.

personal data
SURNAME	Alexanian, Diran
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Տիրան Ալեքսանյան (hyS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cellist, composer and music teacher of Armenian descent
DATE OF BIRTH	April 2, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Constantinople
DATE OF DEATH	July 27, 1954
Place of death	Chamonix