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Grigor Yeghiazaryan

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Armenian composer (1909-1988)

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Grigor Yeghiazaryan, also known as Grigory Ilyich (Yegiayevich) Yegiazaryan, was a Soviet Armenian composer. After a childhood spent amidst the Armenian genocide, Yeghiazaryan joined the Red Army in 1921, playing in regimental bands until 1929.

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Awards 6

1977People's Artist of the USSR
1970USSR State Prize
1961People's Artist of the Armenian SSR
1956Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1953Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR
Order of the Red Banner of Labour

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Grigor Yeghiazaryan, also known as Grigory Ilyich (Yegiayevich) Yegiazaryan, was a Soviet Armenian composer. After a childhood spent amidst the Armenian genocide, Yeghiazaryan joined the Red Army in 1921, playing in regimental bands until 1929. He enrolled in the Moscow Conservatory in 1930, where his teachers included Reinhold Glière and Nikolai Myaskovsky. Upon graduation, he taught and lectured in the Armenian SSR; first in Leninakan, then Yerevan. As composer, teacher, and functionary, he established himself as a crucial figure in Armenian musical culture of the mid-20th century.

Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1988 · aged 79
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10 languages

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