Mikael Tariwerdiev
Mikael Leonowitsch Tariwerdijew ( Russian Микаэл Таривердиев ; Armenian Միքայել Թարիվերդիեւ ; Georgian მიკაელ ტარივერდიევი ; born August 15, 1931 in Tbilisi ; † July 25, 1996 in Sochi ) was an Armenian-Georgian Soviet composer.
Live and act
Mikael Tariwerdijew was born to Armenian parents in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1953 he went to Moscow, where he completed his composition studies with Aram Chatschaturjan at the Gnessin Music Institute in 1957 . He composed four operas, ballets, orchestral, chamber, vocal, organ music and over 100 romances. Most famous, however, are his film scores for over 130 Soviet films.
He became known, among other things, through the music for the successful television series Seventeen Moments of Spring ( Семнадцать мгновений весны , 1973) about a Soviet spy who was SS-Standartenführer Max Otto von Stierlitz in National Socialist Germany.
His songs, for example for the films Irony of Fate and The Doctor's Apprentice , achieved great popularity in the Soviet Union and entered the general song repository.
Tariverviyev has received numerous awards, including the State Prize of the USSR (1977) and the American Academy of Music Prize (1975). In 1986 he was honored as a People's Artist of the RSFSR .
The prize for the best music at the Kinotawr film festival in Sochi is named after Tarivervyev, as is an international organ competition in Kaliningrad .
Filmography
- 1958: The nineteen ( Junost naschich otzow )
- 1962: Following the sun ( Tschelowek idjot sa solnzem )
- 1966: Goodbye, boys ( Do swidanija, maltschiki)
- 1968: The Ambassador's Error ( Oschibka residenta )
- 1969: Ljubit ... love ... (Ljubit)
literature
- Anatolij Moiseevic Cuker: Mikael Tariverdiev . Sovetskij kompozitor, Moscow 1985 (Russian).
- Mikael Tariverdiev: Yes prosto živu - I just live . Autobiography. Vagrius, Moscow 1997, ISBN 978-5-7027-0418-0 (Russian).
Web links
- Website about Mikael Tariverdiev (Russian / English) with a catalog raisonné
- Songs of Tariwerdiev with guitar chords
- Mikael Tariverdiev in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website about Tariverdiev
- Mikael Tariwerdijew at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mikael Tariverdiev on Music of Armenia
- ↑ a b biography on the tariverdiev.ru website
- ↑ Mikael Tariverdiev International Organ Competition
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tariwerdiev, Mikael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Микаэл Таривердиев; Միքայել Թարիվերդիեւ; მიკაელ ტარივერდიევი |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian-Georgian Soviet composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tbilisi |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1996 |
| Place of death | Sochi |