Emanuel Melik-Aslanian

Grave of Emanuel Melik-Aslanian in the Burastan Cemetery

Emanuel Melik-Aslanian ( Armenian Էմանուէլ Մելիք-Ասլանեան , Persian امانوئل مليک اصلانيان; * 1915 in Tabriz ; † July 14, 2003 ) was an Iranian composer and pianist .

He was born in Tabriz in 1915 to a Christian family. He received his first piano lessons from a local musician by the name of Amatoni. In 1927 he began to study piano at the Brahms Academy in Hamburg and continued these studies from 1935 to 1937 at the Hamburg Conservatory . At the German State Academy , he studied yet composition and studied for a few years philosophy .

In 1952 he returned to Iran and became the director of the conservatory in Tehran.

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SURNAME	Melik-Aslanian, Emanuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	امانوئل مليک اصلانيان
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Iranian composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH	1915
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tabriz
DATE OF DEATH	July 14, 2003