Aram Ilich KHACHATURIAN

6 June 1903 - 1 May 1978 (age 74)

Portrait by Paul Helm
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Khachaturian was an Armenian composer best known for the 'Sabre Dance' from the ballet Gayaneh and for the theme tune of the 1970s TV series 'The Onedin Line' which was taken from the ballet 'Spartacus'

Family

Works

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Family

Father: - Egia (Ilia) Khachaturian - bookbinder
Mother: - Kumash Sarkisovna
Siblings: sister Ashkhen (died at the age of 1.5) and 3 brothers - Vaghinak, Suren and Levon
Partners: Married twice. His second wife, Nina Makarova, was also an active musician and wrote songs.
Children: 1 daughter - Nune, a pianist, from 1st marriage. 1 son Karen, an art critic

Works

• 3 Symphonies
  
• Symphonic suite, Masquerade
  
• Violin Concerto
  
• Piano Concerto
  
• Cello Concerto
  
• Masquerade, (Symphonic Suite)
  
• Ode to the Memory of Lenin and Poem about Stalin,
  
• Ballet, Happiness
  
• Ballet, Gayane (including Sabre Dance)
  
• Ballet, "Spartacus" ­ (includes the popular Adagio)

Classical Music - Russian composers calendar by paulhelm
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12 portraits of Russian composers: Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Khachaturian, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Mussorgsky, Glinka, Balakirev, Prokofiev.

The 2011 edition is now ready and for sale at zazzle

Khachaturian on eBay

Aram's facebook

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Links - and where to go for more information

Russian Composers: more profiles here at 52composers.com
www.52composers.com/russian-composers.html

Virtual Museum - his official site
www.khachaturian.am/eng/

Answers.com
www.answers.com/topic/aram-khachaturian

His grave
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8888008