Ghazaros Sarjan

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Ghazaros (Lazarus) Sarjan ( Armenian Ղազարոս Սարյան , Russian Лазарь Мартиросович Сарьян , also Lazar Martirosi Saryan ; born September 30, 1920 in Rostov-on-Don ; † May 27, 1998 in Yerevan ) was an Armenian- Soviet composer.

Life

Ghazaros Sarjan, son of the painter Martiros Sarjan and grandson of the writer Ghazaros Aghajan, grew up in Yerevan, where his family had already moved in 1921. He first attended the music school named after Aleksandr Spendiarjan and studied composition with Sargis Barchudarjan and Vardges Talyan at the Yerevan Conservatory from 1934 to 1938 . He then continued his studies in Moscow at the Gnessin Institute with Vissarion Schebalin . During the Second World War , he served in the Red Army from 1941 to 1945 . This was followed by composition studies at the Moscow Conservatory with Dmitri Kabalewski , Dmitri Shostakovich and Anatoly Alexandrow , which he graduated in 1950. In the same year he went back to Yerevan and taught composition and orchestration at the conservatory there . In 1955/1956 he was chairman of the Armenian Composers' Union. From 1960 to 1986 he was rector of the conservatory. Together with composers of his generation - Alexander Arutjunjan , Arno Babadschanjan , Eduard Mirsojan and Adam Chudojan - Sarjan formed a group of five, which, analogous to the group of five around Balakirev , called itself the Armenian Mighty Bunch ( Russian Армянская Могучая кучка ). His students included composers such as Tigran Mansurjan , Vartan Ajemian and Ruben Sargsjan.

Awards

In 1972 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Armenian SSR , in 1983 the Armenian State Prize and in 1990 the title of People's Artist of the USSR .

style

Sarjan composed symphonic music, orchestral, vocal works, chamber music, songs, romances and film music. His style is often described as colorful and vivid. In his works he combined elements of impressionism and modernity, u. a. by Ravel , Chatschaturjan and Shostakovich , with influences from Armenian folk music . Saryan showed this in his symphonic painting Armenia , inspired by a cycle of pictures by his father. In addition to other works, this was also performed in Western Europe, including a. by Pierre Boulez in 1991 in Metz. With his symphony (1980), in which percussion passages and cluster techniques play a role, Sarjan moved closer to the Soviet avant-garde of the time - Valery Gergiev recorded the work on CD in 2007.

Works (selection)

orchestra

  • Symphonic Pictures (1956)
  • Adagio and Dance for Strings (1957)
  • Festive Overture (1957)
  • Serenade (1959)
  • Symphonic painting "Armenia" (1966)
  • Violin Concerto (1972)
  • Concerto for Strings and Orchestra (1973)
  • Symphony (1980)
  • Choreographic composition (1987)
  • Passacaglia (1994)
  • Fanfare (1996)
  • Andante and Presto for violin and chamber orchestra (1997)

Vocal works

  • Soviet Armenia for soloists and choir (1950)
  • Day of Peace for Choir and Orchestra (1953)

Chamber music

  • Cello Sonata No. 1 (1948)
  • String Quartet No. 1 (1949)
  • String Quartet No. 2 (1986)
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 (1989)

piano

  • Grandfather's Watch (1970)
  • Three Postludies (1980)

Film music

  • The prisoners of the Panther Gorge (1956)
  • The song of first love (1958), together with Arno Babadschanjan

literature

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Armenian, Russian and English sources consistently state 1998 as the year of death; MGG deviates from this as 1995.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Svetlana Sarkisyan:  Saryan, Ghazaros. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  2. ↑ Extensive biography on Armenian Piano
  3. ^ CV with Armenian Artists at Cadence Music Center
  4. ↑ Boris Yoffe : In the flow of the symphonic . Wolke, Hofheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-95593-059-2 , pp. 557 f .
  5. ↑ Memories of the Armenian Mighty Heap on the 85th birthday of Eduard Mirsojan (Russian)
  6. ↑ a b Svetlana Sarkisyan:  Saryan, Gazaros Martirosi. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 14 (Riccati - Schönstein). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7618-1134-9  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  7. ↑ Lazar Saryan at Classical Archives
  8. ^ A b Levon Hakobian: Music of the Soviet Era: 1917-1991 . 2nd Edition. Routledge, London, New York 2017, ISBN 978-1-4724-7108-6 , pp. 244 f .
  9. ^ Symphony (1980) on Armenian Music Center
personal data
SURNAME Sarjan, Ghazaros
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sarjan, Ghasaros (Lazarus); Saryan, Lazar Martirosi; Սարյան, Ղազարոս (Armenian); Сарьян, Лазарь Мартиросович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet composer of Armenian origin
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostov-on-Don , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1998
Place of death Yerevan , Armenia