Sergei Aslamasjan

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Sergei Sacharowitsch Aslamasjan (also Sarkis Aslamazyan, Armenian Սերգեյ Ասլամազյան Sergei Aslamasjan , Russian Сергей Захарович Асламазян Sergei Sacharowitsch Aslamasjan * February 2 . Jul / 14. February  1897 greg. In Mozdok , Oblast Caucasus, Russian Empire , today 's Republic of North Ossetia-Alania , Russian Federation ; † September 27, 1978 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) was a Soviet cellist, music teacher, composer and arranger of Armenian origin.

life and work

Sergei Aslamasjan studied at the Moscow Conservatory from 1915 to 1918 and from 1922 to 1927 . In the same year he graduated from there. In 1929 he graduated from the postgraduate . Among his teachers were Alfred von Glehn and Semjon Matwejewitsch Kosolupow (1884–1961). Aslamasjan was a founding member of the Komitas Quartet and played in this ensemble from 1925 to 1968. Since 1937 he has taught cello and string quartet playing at the Moscow Conservatory. On November 4, 1939, he was awarded the Badge of Honor of the Soviet Union. In 1945 he received the honorary title of People's Artist of the Armenian SSR . In 1946 he received the State Prize of the USSR, Second Class, which was still called the Stalin Prize at that time . In 1947 he was appointed professor at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1965 he received the State Prize of the ASSR . He wrote arrangements and arrangements of various works for cello and for string quartet, string orchestra and cello ensembles. In 1950 Sergei Aslamasjan published a suite on subjects of Armenian folk songs for string quartet. He taught the cellist Natalja Grigoryevna Gutman at the Gnessin Music School .

Sergei Aslamasjan was buried in the Armenian Cemetery in Moscow. His work is still valued. In particular, the arrangements of Komitas Vardapet's compositions are repeatedly performed by various ensembles, according to the Kuss Quartet at a concert in the Elbphilharmonie Small Hall on March 30, 2018.

Publications (selection)

  • Suite on Themes of Armenian Folk Songs for two violins, viola and violoncello, Musgis, 1950
  • Fourteen pieces on themes from Armenian folk songs, Musgis, 1960
  • Armenian folk songs and dances for string quartet, Musgis, 1961
  • Luigi Boccherini : Concerto No. 2 in D major for violoncello and orchestra, arrangement for string orchestra by Sergej Aslamasjan, Musgis, 1971
  • Сочинения и обработки [compositions and arrangements] for two violins, viola and violoncello, Sovetsky composer, Moscow, 1976 Contents. A Compositions I Variations on a theme by Niccolò Paganini II Fourteen pieces on Armenian folk song themes B Arrangements: I Georg Friedrich Händel : Passacaglia II Sergei Prokofiev : Gavotte from the 1st symphony III Лучинушка [Luschinuschka] IV Светит месяц], Russian Mesjatz

literature

  • АСЛАМАЗЯН Сергей Захарович [Aslamasjan, Sergei Sakharovich]: In: Музыкальная энциклопедия [Musical Encyclopedia], 1973–1982 (Russian)
  • АСЛАМАЗЯН Сергей Захарович  : In : Энциклопедический словарь [Encyclopedic Dictionary], 2009 (Russian)

Recordings (selection)

In October 2007 the label Naxos released the two pieces Haberban and Alai luches on the CD Caucasian Impressions from the fourteen pieces on topics of Armenian folk songs . They were recorded by the Caucasian Chamber Orchestra under the direction of the conductor Uwe Berkemer.

On July 1, 2015, the arrangement of a Passacaglia by Georg Friedrich Händel, recorded by the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Saulus Sondeckis , was released on the Sacrambow label.

The violinist Sergej Kachatrjan and the pianist Lusine Kachatrjan recorded the arrangement of The crane by Komitas Vardapet on the CD Best of Klassik 2016 Die Echo-Klassik award winners .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h АСЛАМАЗЯН в музыкальной энциклопедии. In: http://www.music-dic.ru . Retrieved November 13, 2018 (Russian).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f АСЛАМАЗЯН Сергей Захарович . In: Энциклопедический словарь . 2009 (Russian, academic.ru ).
  3. ↑ Marina Frolova-Walker: Stalin's Music Prize: Soviet Culture and Politics . Yale University Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0-300-20884-9 ( google.de [accessed November 13, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Tully Potter: Gutman, Natalya. In: Grove Music online. January 20, 2001, accessed November 13, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Aslamasjan, Sergei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aslamasjan, Sergei Sakharovich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet cellist and music teacher of Armenian origin
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Mozdok , Caucasus Oblast, Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1978
Place of death Moscow , Soviet Union