Mikael Leonovich Tariverdiev, : (15 August 1931 – 25 July 1996, also Mikayel Levoni Tariverdian) was a prominent

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

descent. He headed the Composers' Guild of the Soviet Cinematographers' Union from its inception and is most famous for his movie scores, primarily the score to ''

Seventeen Moments of Spring ''Seventeen Moments of Spring'' () is a 1973 Soviet Union, Soviet twelve-part television series, directed by Tatyana Lioznova and based on the novel of the same title by Yulian Semyonov. The series portrays the exploits of Maxim Isaev, a Soviet ...

''.

Biography

Mikael Tariverdiev was born in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Georgia, the Georgian SSR, or simply Georgia, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from its second occupation (by the Red Army) in 1921 to its independence in 1991. Cotermin ...

parents, but lived and worked in

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

.Composer Mikael Tariverdiev
/ref> His father, Levon Tariverdiev, was from

Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

but a native of

Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh (, ; ) is a region in Azerbaijan, covering the southeastern stretch of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range. Part of the greater region of Karabakh, it spans the area between Lower Karabakh and Syunik Province, Syunik. Its ter ...

. His mother, Satenik, was Georgian Armenian. He studied at the

Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan 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 ...

for two years and then graduated from the

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

Gnessin Institute in the class 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 ...

in 1957.По происхождению – Таривердиев, Ноев Ковчег, 2006
/ref> Tariverdiev wrote over 100 romances and four

opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...

s, including the comic opera '' Count Cagliostro'' and the mono-opera "The Waiting". However, he is mostly known for his scores to many popular

movies A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since ...

(more than 130 in total), including "

" and "The Irony of Fate"—see List of film music by Mikael Tariverdiev. He received many awards, including the

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize () was one of the Soviet Union’s highest civilian honours, awarded from its establishment in September 1966 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. It recognised outstanding contributions in the fields of science, mathem ...

in 1977 and the Prize of the American Music Academy in 1975. In 1986 he was awarded the title of

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an honorary and the highest title awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation ...

. In 1990, he won three

Nika Awards The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars. In 2022 nominees were announced, b ...

for Best Composer. The Best Music prize at the largest Russian National Film Festival Kinotaur is named after Tariverdiev. On 31 May 1990 Tariverdiev underwent cardiac surgery in the London Royal Hospital; his aortic valve was replaced with an artificial one. Upon his death in 1996, a group of admirers of his music founded the ''Mikael Tariverdiev Charity Fund'' and organized the ''Tariverdiev International Organ Competition''. In November 2015, the first major release of Tariverdiev's work in the West was published in London by Antique Beat and the UK label Earth Recordings, as a set of three albums titled 'Film Music'. The release was curated by Vera Tariverdieva, the composer's widow, and Stephen Coates of the UK band

The Real Tuesday Weld The Real Tuesday Weld is a British band formed in 2001 by lead singer and producer Stephen Coates, who studied at the Royal College of Art. They have released several albums, singles and EPs, and many tracks on compilations. Their combination ...

, who had heard Tariverdiev's music in Moscow in 2011.

Discography

The following works of Tariverdiev have been recorded: *''Night Pastimes'' (film music) *''Quo vadis?'' ( Organ Symphony ''Chernobyl'', 1st

Organ Concerto An organ concerto is a type of classical music composition in which a pipe organ soloist is accompanied by an orchestra, although some works exist with the name "concerto" which are for organ alone. The orchestral form first evolved in the 18th ...

''Cassandra'', Two Chorale Preludes) *''Moods'' (6 preludes from the cycle ''10 chorale preludes imitating the old masters'', 3rd Organ concerto, 10 preludes from the cycle ''Moods'' (organ transcription by Alexey Parchine)) *''Remembering Venice'' (film music) *''

'' (film music) *''

The Irony of Fate ''The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!'',; usually shortened to ''The Irony of Fate'', is a 1976 Soviet romantic comedy television film directed by Eldar Ryazanov and starring Andrey Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, Yury Yakovlev and Lyubov Dobrzh ...

'' (film music) *''I Am The Tree'' (monologues on , Voznesensky, Svetlov, Ashkenazy poetry sung by author) *''Instrumentalnye kinokhity'' (''Film Music Hits'') *Composer's interpretation of Jewish songs *''Prescience of love'' (''20th Century Madrigals'') *''Graf Cagliostro'' (opera comique) *''Mikael Tariverdiev's Avant-Garde'' (vocal cycles on Japan medieval poetry,

Bella Akhmadulina Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina (, ; 10 April 1937 – 29 November 2010) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator, known for her apolitical writing stance. She was part of the Russian New Wave literary movem ...

, Leonid Martynov,

Semyon Kirsanov Semyon Isaakovich Kirsanov (; – 10 December 1972) was a Soviet and Russian poet and journalist. Biography Still in his teens, Kirsanov was the organizing force in his native Odessa in 1921 behind the Southern Association of Futurists. In ...

, Mikhail Malishevsky) *''Nostalgia'' - Japan duo ''Hide-Hide'' performing Mikael Tariverdiev's music on classical Japanese instruments—

shamisen The , also known as or (all meaning "three strings"), is a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese instrument . It is played with a plectrum called a bachi. The Japanese pronunciation is usually b ...

and

shakuhachi A is a Japanese longitudinal, end-blown flute that is made of bamboo. The bamboo end-blown flute now known as the was developed in Japan in the 16th century and is called the .

with orchestra. *Vox Humana. Vocal cycles to verses by L. Martinov, B. Akhmadulina, Medieval Japanese poets "Watercolors", E. Vinokurov, M. Tsvetaeva, "Waiting" to the poem by R. Rojdestvenskie. Performers: Zara Dolukhanova (soprano), Nina Lebedeva (soprano), Maria Lemesheva (soprano), Nina Svetlanova (piano), Mikael Tariverdiev (piano), Orchestra of Boris Pokrovsky Chamber Music Theater (conductor – Vladimir Agronsky).

List of compositions

Symphonic works *1956 Concerto for voice with orchestra *The orchestra: 3,2,3(B.I-bass-cl); 4,3,3,1; kettledrums, triangle, side drum, cymbals, bass drum, tam-tam, piano, harp, voice, strings. *1982 Concerto No. 1 for violin with orchestra in three movements *The first version for full symphonic orchestra: The orchestra: 2,2,2,(B); 0; 2(C), 2(C),2,0; kettledrums, cymbals, triangle, side drum, tam-tam, tambourine, vibraphone, (xylophone), harpsichord, harp, violin-solo, strings *The second version - for chamber orchestra: The orchestra: 1,0,0,0; 0,0,0,0; kettledrums, vibraphone, (xylophone), harpsichord, violin-solo, strings. *1992 Concerto No. 2 for violin-solo with orchestra (in one part) *The orchestra: 1,1,1,0; triangle, strings (10-12; 8-10; 6–8; 4–6; 2). *1993 ''Concerto in Romantic Style'' (Концерт в романтическом стиле) for viola and string orchestra (in one movement), Op. 102 *The orchestra: viola-solo, strings: (8; 6; 6; 6; 2). The works for organ *1985 Concerto No. 1 for organ "Cassandra" in four parts *1988 Symphony for reciter "Chernobyl" in two parts: 1. "Zone", 2. "Quo vadis" *1988 Concerto No. 2 for organ. Polyphonic notebook in four parts. *1989 Concerto No. 3 for organ in four parts: 1."Reflections", 2."Moving", 3."Choral", 4."Walking in C-Major". *1995 Ten chorales for organ ("Imitation of Old Masters"). Dedicated to the Spanish Infanta Helen Chamber-instrumental works *1953 Nine little novels for piano *1953 "Fleetingnesses" for piano *1953 Sonata for French horn and piano *1954 Trio No. 1 for piano, violin and cello *1955 Trio No. 2 for piano, violin and cello *1986 "Moods" – 24 pieces for piano Chamber-vocal works *1955 Three romances to the verses by A. Isaakjan **1. "A Plucked Rose has no Way Home" **2. "Grave" **3. "I Always Remember..." *1956 Three sonnets by Shakespeare **1. "Mossy Marble of Stone Graves" **2. "Oh, How Shall I Praise You" **3. "Jaded by Toils" *1956 Three songs to the verses by V. Orlov **1. Familiar song **2. Golden Twilight **3. A song over the telephone *1957 "Water-colours" – vocal cycle to the verses by medieval Japanese poets **1. Struck the road **2. The way to the capital **3. Before the execution **4. In the morning mist **5. Dream *1958 Vocal cycle to the verses by V. Mayakovsky **1. Could you..? **2. Something about Petersburg **3. Tricks of cloud **4. Listen! **5. Instead of a letter *1959 Three songs to the verses by S. Davydova **1. A song about pigeons **2. A road song **3. A song about spring *1960 "Garden Ring" to the verses by S. Grebennikov and H. Dobronravov *1960 "Your Eyes Look Like New Car Headlights" to the verses by S. Kirsanov *1960 Three romances to the verses by S. Kirsanov **1. Your pictures **2. Round a white clothed table **3. Come! *1961 It so happens to the verses by B. Gaikovich *1962 Vocal cycle to the verses by L. Martynov **1. Night was falling **2. Water **3. Leaves *1963 Two songs to the verses by N. Dobronravov **1. Don't be sad **2. In the evenings *1963 Vocal cycle to the verses by Bella Akhmadulina **1. An old romance **2. I thought you were a doctor for me **3. Fifteen boys *1964 Vocal cycle to the verses by **1. I was seizing sentiments **2. Windows **3. Your face is fading from my memory *1964 "Skirls" – vocal cycle to the verses by M. Malishevsky **1. Sparrow – experimenter **2. Monkey and mirror **3. Self-respect **4. Critics and bubbles **5. Conversation **6. In a rook-like way **7. Nightingale and art counsel *1965 "Music" to the verses by V. Orlov *1966 "You are going away like a train" to the verses by E. Evtushenko *1967 Seven song-recitatives to the verses by G. Pozhenjan **1. I am such a tree **2. Dolphins **3. It's birds' manner to fly away **4. Pine-trees **5. I would like ... **6. I took a decision **7. Soon you will be grown up *1967 "Farewell to Arms" - vocal cycle to the verses by E. Hemingway **1. Footfall **2. Way? **3. Along wet earth **4. Killed **5. Did it ever happen to you? **6. How night differs from day? **7. Praise to Christmas **8. We are spending what is not destined for it **9. Love and compassion **10. I rushed to you **11. We carry love within us **12. Ever alive *1968 "Little Prince" to the verses by N. Dobronravov *1969 Six vocal novels to the verses by L. Ashkenazi **1. Radio **2. Women **3. Cigarettes **4. I told her exactly this **5. Light steam **6. A song about new generation *1970 Songs to the verses by A. Voznesensky **1. I want silence **2. Grove **3. Shall I stare at the train? **4. Memory ("They Killed Poem") **5. I am heading from the carriage platform *1971 Two romances to the verses by M. Tsvetaeva **1. My darling, what have I done to you? **2. Attempt at jealousy *1971 "I am Writing to You" to the verses by M. Lermontov *1972 Two songs to the verses by R. Rozhdestvensky **1. Instants **2. A song about remote Motherland *1974 Six songs to the verses by Soviet poets **1. I like it (M. Tsvetaeva) **2. No one will be at home (B. Posternak) **3. At the mirror (M. Tsvetaeva) **4. That's what happened to me (E. Evtushenko) **5. I asked an ash-tree (V. Kirchov) **6. Along my street (Bella Akhmadulina B. Akhmadulina) *1974 Vocal cycle to the verses by L. Martynov **1. Night was falling **2. Water **3. Leaves *1974 Vocal cycle to the verses by A. Voznesensky **1. I want silence **2. Grove Shall I stare at the train? *1974 Vocal cycle to the verses by M. Tsvetaeva *1975 Memory to the verses by D. Samoilov *1975 Don't disappear to the verses by A. Voznesensky *1975 Vocal cycle to the verses by S. Kirsanov **1. Your eyes **2. Your pictures **3. At the white clothed table **4. Come *1976 We are, comrade, with you – cycle of songs to the verses by M. Svetlov **1. Red Guards from remote times **2. Old

Komsomol The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, usually known as Komsomol, was a political youth organization in the Soviet Union. It is sometimes described as the youth division of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), although it w ...

members song **3. I was not a friend of hers **4. Moscow Military district **5. In the reconnaissance **6. Infantry passing the bogs **7. We are, comrade, with you **8. Grenada *1977 "Echo" ("Don't return to ex-beloved") to the verses by A. Voznesensky *1977 A song about circus to the verses by B. Akhmadulina *1977 Old Komsomol members' songs to the verses by M. Svetlov **1. Red Guards from remote times **2. Old Komsomol members' song **3. I was not a friend of hers **4. Moscow Military district **5. In the reconnaissance **6. Infantry passing the bogs **7. We are, comrade, with you **8. Grenada *1979 "Remember this World". Vocal cycle to the verses by A. Voznesensky **1. Twilights are frequent over the ploughed field **2. Nostalgia for the present **3. Thanks for not dying yesterday **4. Remember this world *1980 Eight sonnets by Shakespeare **1. I love **2. Sonnet about a hen **3. I am guilty **4. Alas! My verse is not sparkling new **5. Sonnet about an apple **6. Love is blind and blinds us too **7. To prevent two hearts' union **8. Ardent heard at the dawn ... *1986 Five songs to the verses by M. Tsvetaeva **1. Where has such tenderness come from? **2. And again the window **3. Island girl **4. I don't need you anymore **5. Should I forget it? Music for theatre performance *1963 "Purpose" (

Sovremennik ''Sovremennik'' ( rus, «Современник», p=səvrʲɪˈmʲenʲːɪk, a=Ru-современник.ogg, "The Contemporary") was a Russian literary, social and political magazine, published in Saint Petersburg in 1836–1866. It came out f ...

) *1966 "Farewell to Arms" (Lenin's Komsomol theatre) *1966 "The Hero of our Time" (Theatre on the Taganka) *1968 "Farewell" (Mossoviet theatre) *1968 "Climbing the Fudzijama" (Sovremennik)

Filmography

*1957 "Our Fathers' Youth" *1958 "Save the Drowning Man" *1959 "Ten Steps to the East" *1961 "A Man Following the Sun" *1961 "My Junior Brother" *1962 "Goodbye! Boys" *1962 "

Welcome, or No Trespassing ''Welcome, or No Trespassing'' () is a 1964 Soviet comedy film directed by Elem Klimov. In was capitalizing on the formal restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp. Most of the cast are children, while the prota ...

" *1963 "

The Big Ore ''The Big Ore'' () is a 1964 drama film directed by Vasily Ordynsky and based on the novel by Georgi Vladimov. Plot Victor Pronyakin (Eugene Urbansky), returned from the army to his fiancée (Svetlana Zhgun), but realizing she hadn't been faith ...

" *1964 "To love" *1965 "Farewell *1966 "Wake up Mukhin" *1966 "The Last Swindler" *1967 "Save the Drowning Man" *1968 "King-deer" *1968 "

Passenger from the "Equator" ''Passenger from the "Equator"'' () is a 1968 Soviet children's adventure film directed by Aleksandr Kurochkin. Plot Young swimmer Ilmar sails on the ship "Equator" to the pioneer camp, located somewhere on the Black Sea shore. Accidentally, he wi ...

" *1970 "Fixed-post Spy's Fate" *1972 "

" (12 series) *1974 "Star Minute" *1974 "

" *1975 "Olga Sergeevna" (8 series) *1976 "Disappeared Expedition" (2 series) *1978 "Out-of-date Comedy" *1980 "Adam Merries Eve" (2 series) *1989 "Endhouse Mysteries" *1990 "Monster" *1990 "Homonovus" *1991 "And the Wind Returns" *1993 "Russian Ragtime" *1995 "Summer People" ("Dachniki") Works for musical theatre *1945 "On the Beach" - ballet in one act. Libretto by Shengelaja. *1945 "Interrogation" - ballet in one act. Libretto by G. Gelovani. *1965 "Who are you?" (opera for young people). Libretto by M. Churova on the motives of V. Aksenov's novel "Mandarines from Morocco" to the verses by A. Voznesensky, E. Vinokurov, E. Evtushenko, G. Pozhenjan, R. Rozhdestvensky, S. Kirsanov, M. L'vovsky. The orchestra: piano 1, harpsichord (piano 2), ionika, elektroorga celesta, vibraphone, xylophone, elektro guitar 1, elektro guitar 2, batteria, double-basses. *1973 "Poem about happiness" – ballet in two acts. Libretto by V. Zakharov. *1981 "Count Kaliostro" – opera-buff. Libretto by N. Kemarsky to the motives of the same name novel by A. Tolstoy to the verses by A. Kemarsky and R. Sef. The orchestra: 1,1,1,1; 2,1,1,0, vibraphone, xylophone, side drum, bass drum, whip, triangle, cymbals, harp, harpsichord, strings. *1985 "Gernika" – ballet in two acts to the motives P. Picasso's picture. The orchestra: 1,1,1,1; 1,1,1,1; bells, xylophone, vibraphone, triangle, tambourine, tam-tam, bass drum, cymbals, harp, piano, strings. *1986 "Waiting" – mono-opera. (There are two versions of the opera: for lyric soprano and for mezzo-soprano.) The orchestra: 1,1,0,1; 0,0,0,0; vibraphone, (xylophone), bells, triangle, tam-tam, kettle drums, harp, voice, strings. *1986 "A Girl and Death" – ballet in two acts to the motives of M. Gorky's tale

A Girl and Death "A Girl and Death" is a 1892 fantasy poem (commonly subtitled in print as "fairy tale") by Maksim Gorky, written in his youth. It was first published in the newspaper ''Novaya Zhizn (Mensheviks), Novaya Zhizn'' in 1917. The poem is best known for ...

. The orchestra: 2,2,2,2; 4(F), 3(B),3,1; kettle drums, chime-bells, xylophone, vibraphone, triangle, tambourine, side drum, castanets, cymbals, tam-tam, harp, piano, strings. *1992 "Figarienok's Marriage" – opera-grotesque to the motives of Bomarsher's work.

Books

*«Я просто живу» (''I Am Simply Living''), autobiography, Moscow, Zebra, 2007

Notes

References

External links

''Tariverdiev International Organ Competition''

Tariverdiev.ru

Tariverdiev at Lib.ru
*
Tariverdiev
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tariverdiev, Mikael 1931 births 1996 deaths Armenian composers Georgian people of Armenian descent Russian opera composers Soviet opera composers Soviet male opera composers Musicians from Tbilisi People's Artists of Russia Russian people of Armenian descent Russian male classical composers Soviet classical composers Soviet film score composers Male film score composers Recipients of the USSR State Prize Recipients of the Nika Award Gnessin State Musical College alumni 20th-century Russian male musicians