Stepan Shakaryan
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Stepan Shakaryan | |
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Yerevan State Conservatory | |
| Era | 20th-century classical music |
| Awards | People's Artist of Armenia (2017) |
Stepan Grigori Shakaryan (
Yerevan State Conservatory
.
Biography
Stepan Shakaryan was born on 23 October 1935, in
Leningrad Conservatory.[1] In 1964, he returned to Yerevan, and in 1965, he won the Yerevan Jazz Festival's Gold medal. Shakaryan was the composer of Sergei Parajanov's "Hakob Hovnatanyan" (1967)[2]
and "Pingvinashen" Armenian cartoon.
Shakaryan was the founder, and from 1986 to 1990, the Head of the Soloists Jazz Ensemble of the Radio Committee. Since 1992, he taught at Yerevan State Conservatory. In 2009, Stepan Shakaryan's CD "The Moon on the Mountain" was included in the "Armenian Jazz 70" collection.
Works
Symphonic works
- Symphony N° 1 (Concert for orchestra, 1961)
- Symphony N° 2 (choreographic symphony, 1965)
- Symphony N° 3 (1975)
- “Festival overture” (1995)
- Symphonic orchestra “Armenia” (1991)
- “Aria” (1982)
Chamber works
- Theme and Variations (Тема с вариациями) for viola and piano (1959)
- “Poem about Komitas” for string quartet (1965)
- 4 aquarelles for string ensemble (1987)
- Sonata for piano (1963)
- Sonata for piano “Bells” (1982)
- Sonatina for piano (1963)
- Series “Pittoresks” for piano (1983)
Choreographic music
- Ballet “Jealous” (1965, Yerevan 1992)
- “Aghavnavank” (“Monastery of doves”, 1990)
- “Ripsime” (1998)
- Piece for variety ensemble and jazz
Other
- “Trio-retro” (piano, violin, violoncello)
- Trio N° 1 (1993)
- Trio N° 2[3]
References
- ^ LLC, Helix Consulting. "Famous Armenian composer Stepan Shakaryan died". www.panorama.am. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov, by James Steffen, University of Wisconsin Pres, p. 256
- ^ "Stephan Shakarian | nab.am". www.nab.am. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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