Emin Levonovich Khachaturian (5 August 1930 – 5 August 2000) was an

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and composer, who was active mainly in

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through the 1960s and 1970s and in Yerevan in later years. For the former he was named a

People's Artist of the Russian SFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, actors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achiev ...

in 1975.

Life

Khachaturian was born 5 August 1930 in

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, the son of singer Lewon Khachaturian and brother of

Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet Armenians, Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Music of the Soviet Union#Classical music of the Soviet Union, Soviet composers. Khachaturian was born and rai ...

. He died 5 August 2000.

Career

After graduating from the

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under

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he started his conducting career with Moscow Region Symphony in 1957. In 1960 he was appointed lead conductor of the Orchestra of the

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, and he moved the following year to the Cinematographical State Symphony, which he led until 1979. From 1986 until his death in 2000, he led the Armenian Radio Symphony and the Yerevan Chamber Orchestra. He was also active in Yerevan as a professor in the national conservatory.Profile in the Cadence Music Centre
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Personal

He created and led the Aram Khachaturian Association with his niece Leily until his death.

Premieres

References

Armenian conductors (music) 1930 births 2000 deaths Musicians from Yerevan People's Artists of Russia Soviet Armenians Moscow Conservatory alumni {{armenia-conductor-stub