Konstantin Aghaparonovich Orbelyan (; ; July 29, 1928 – April 24, 2014) was an
Armenia
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...
n pianist, composer, head of the State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia.
He was awarded
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный арти ...
in 1979. Other positions held by him included the board member of the
Union of Soviet Composers
The Union of Russian Composers (formerly the Union of Soviet Composers, Order of Lenin Union of Composers of USSR () (1932– ), and Union of Soviet Composers of the USSR) is a state-created organization for musicians and musicologists created in 1 ...
, Armenian Composer's Union secretary since 1983, and the Vice-President of All-Soviet Musical Society of the USSR. He was the uncle of his namesake
Constantine Orbelian.
Discography
*"Государственный эстрадный оркестр Армении п/у Константина Орбеляна" (1968)
As composer
*"Birch Whispers" (), sung by
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Dmitri Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky (, ; 16 October 1962 – 22 November 2017) was a Russian operatic baritone.
Early life and education
Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia during a time when the city was mostly closed to foreigner ...
on the 2005
Delos Records compilation "Moscow Nights" (conducted by Constantine Orbelian).
Delos description of CD
Naxos
- lists work as Konstantin Orbelian's.
References
External links
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All About Armenian Jazz
1928 births
2014 deaths
Armenian composers
Russian people of Armenian descent
People's Artists of Armenia
People's Artists of the USSR
Armenian jazz musicians
Burials at the Komitas Pantheon
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Armenian ballet composers