Ghazaros (Lazarus) Saryan (, ; 30 September 1920 – 27 May 1998) was an

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composer and educator.

Life and career

Ghazaros Saryan was born into a family of distinguished Armenian artists. He was the son of renowned painter

Martiros Saryan Martiros Saryan (; ; – 5 May 1972) was an Armenian painter, People's Artist of the USSR (1960), member of the USSR Academy of Fine Arts (1947), president of the Artists' Union of Soviet Armenia (1945-1951), the founder of a modern Armenian nat ...

and the grandson of the prominent writer

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. Musically gifted, Ghazaros attended the

Yerevan State Conservatory Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan (), also known as Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (YKSC) or Yerevan State Conservatory (YSC), is a state-owned college of music located in Yerevan, Armenia. The institute was founded in 1921 as a music st ...

from 1934 to 1938, where he studied composition with

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and Vardges Talyan. Afterwards, he travelled to Moscow and enrolled in the composition class of

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at the

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. With the outbreak of

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in 1941, Ghazaros was drafted into the Soviet army and served actively until 1945. Subsequently, he entered the

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. Among his composition teachers were

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and

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. Saryan graduated in 1950.Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia, vol 10, p 238. Upon his return to Armenia, Saryan joined the faculty of the

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where he taught orchestration. During 1955–56, he was chairman of the Armenian Composers' Union. In 1960, he was appointed

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of the Conservatory, a position he retained until 1986. Saryan taught composition as well, training such Armenian composers as Tigran Mansurian, Rober Altunyan,

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and Ruben Sargsyan. Ghazaros Saryan was essentially a composer of symphonic oeuvre. He also wrote works for chamber music, as well as several film scores. Saryan received many awards, including the

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(1983) and the

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(1991). For his military service he was decorated with the Red Star Medal. Saryan's ''Armenia: Symphonic Panels'' was performed in 1991 at the Pierre Boulez Contemporary Music Center in

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, France, and his ''Passacaglia'' was presented in 1995 during the Athens Music Festival. Ghazaros Saryan's manuscripts are deposited at the Martiros Saryan Museum, in

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, Armenia.

Compositions

Orchestra

*Symphonic Poem, 1950 *Symphonic Images, 1956 *Հանդիսավոր նախերգանք estive Overture 1957 *Adagio and Dance, string orch, 1957 *Serenade, 1959 *Armenia: Symphonic Panels on motifs by Martiros Saryan, 1966 *Vn Concerto, 1972 *Symphony, 1980 *Choreographic Composition, 1987 *Passacaglia, 1994 *Fanfares, 1996 *Andante and Presto, vn, chm orch, 1997

Vocal

*Սովետական Հայաստան oviet Armenia vocal soloists and chorus, 1950 *Երգ խաղաղության eace Song voice, pf, 1951 *Խաղաղության օրը ay of Peace(vocal-symphonic suite), chorus and orch, 1953 *Քեզ եմ երգում, Հայրենիք atherland, I Am Singing of You voice, pf, 1955

Instrumental

*Theme with Variations, pf, 1947 *Sonata no. 1, vc, pf, 1948 *String Quartet no. 1, 1949 *Dance, pf, 1955 *Concert Piece, trp, pf, 1962 *Aria and Toccata, vn, pf, 1966 *Պապիկի ժամացույցը randfather's Clock pf, 1970 *String Quartet no. 2, 1986 *Sonata no. 2, vc, pf, 1989 *3 Postludes, pf, 1990

Romances

*Ինչու՞ ուշացար hy Are You Late? 1956 *Հինգ քնարական երգեր ive Lyrical Songs 1960

Film Scores

*Փեսատես isiting the Groom 1953 *Մանրունք mall Change 1954 *Հովազաձորի գերիները he Captives of Hovazadzor 1956 *Առաջին սիրո երգը he Song of First Love(composed with Arno Babadjanian), 1958 *01-99, 1959 *Նրա երազանքը er Fantasy 1959 *Մեր թաղի ձայները he Voices of Our Neighborhood 1960 *Մարտիրոս Սարյան artiros Saryan 1965 *Արևային գույների մեղեդին elodies of Sunshine 1979

References

Recordings

*http://cdbaby.com/cd/lazarsaryan (Chamber Music) *http://cdbaby.com/cd/lazarsaryan2 (Symphonic Music)

External links

Lazar Saryan at the Armenian National Music website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarian, Lazar 1920 births 1998 deaths Musicians from Rostov-on-Don Armenian composers Soviet composers Soviet male composers People's Artists of the USSR People's Artists of Armenia Russian people of Armenian descent Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan alumni Gnessin State Musical College alumni Moscow Conservatory alumni Academic staff of the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan Armenian people of World War II Soviet military personnel of World War II 20th-century Armenian classical musicians