Alexey Ekimyan
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Alexey Ekimyan | |
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| Born | April 10, 1927 Baku, Soviet Union |
| Died | April 24, 1982 (aged 55) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, General |
| Years active | 1950s–1982 |
Alexey Ekimyan (
Armenian SSR
official title.
Born in
Iosif Kobzon, Lusine Zakaryan, Muslim Magomayev ("Save the friends"), Sofia Rotaru, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Ruben Matevosian ("Gharabaghtsin"). Among his most famous songs are- "Listopad", "Vsya jizn' vperedi", "Sonjachnyj doshh", "Odinochestvo" (written by poets Robert Rozhdestvensky, Rasul Gamzatov, and others). Aram Khachaturian wrote: "The melodies of Ekimyan are amazingly beautiful, expressive, plastic and always natural".[2] Some hits by Ekimyan were chosen for the "Song of the Year" all-Soviet festivals during the 1970s-'80s.[3]
The documentary film-concert "Paths of My Memory" (1979, 27 min.)animated film series.
Ekimyan suffered a
.Ekimyan was married to Valentina Karpova. They had two sons, Rafael and Michael. Rafael went on to become Section Chief of the Regional Department of organized crime within Headquarters of Internal Affairs of Moscow Region. While Michael became a famous composer for the Moscow Circus.
Honours and awards
- Order of the Red Star
- Medal "For Military Merit"
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
- Medal "For Distinction in the Protection of Public Order"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia"
- Medal "For Impeccable Service" 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes
Discography
- Artashes Avetyan sings: songs by Alexey Ekimyan, U.S.S.R.: Melodiya, 1978 (LP). C60-10619-20
- Alexey Ekimyan. Beregite druzey..., Russia: Melodia, 2006 (CD)
- Alexey Ekimyan. Vot i vstretilis, Russia: Melodia, 2007 (CD)
References
- ^ Ekimyan's biography at Peoples.Ru (in Russian)
- ^ a b "The songs of first love, "Noev Kovcheg", #6, 2007". Archived from the original on 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
- ^ "Pesnya goda"/"Song of the Year" festival's archive (1976–1982) Archived 2006-10-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Armenian films official list Archived 2007-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Alexey Ekimyan's biography (in Russian)
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