Konstantin Orbelyan
Konstantin Orbelyan Կոնստանտին Օրբելյան | |
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| Died | April 24, 2014 (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Title | People's Artist of the USSR (1979) |
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Konstantin Aghaparonovich Orbelyan (Armenian: Կոնստանտին Օրբելյան; Russian: Константин Агапаронович Орбелян; July 29, 1928 – April 24, 2014) was an Armenian pianist, composer, head of the State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia.[1]
He was awarded
Union of Soviet Composers, Armenian Composer's Union secretary since 1983, and the Vice-President of All-Soviet Musical Society of the USSR. He is the uncle of his namesake Constantine Orbelian.[2]
Discography
- "Государственный эстрадный оркестр Армении п/у Константина Орбеляна" (1968)
As composer
- "Birch Whispers" (Russian: Шум берёз), sung by Dmitri Hvorostovsky on the 2005 Delos Records compilation "Moscow Nights" (conducted by Constantine Orbelian).[3]
References
- ^ "Armenian musician Konstantin Orbelyan dies at 85". Tert.am. 2014-04-24. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ http://moscowchamberorchestra.com/co_biography.html Harry's younger brother, Konstantin, who was only 11 when the two boys were cast out on the street upon the arrest of their parents, was a talented pianist who managed to get a job playing the piano in the circus at that tender age. He eventually became a leading composer of popular songs and film scores in Russia.
- ^ Delos description of CD ; Naxos - lists work as Konstantin Orbelian's.
External links
Media related to Konstantin Orbelyan at Wikimedia Commons- Orbelyan in Jazz: XXth century Russian encyclopedia[permanent dead link]
- Orbelyan
- Orbelyan's Official Website
- Konstantin Orbelyan at All About Armenian Jazz
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