Nikolay Yervandi Tsaturyan (; born January 8, 1945, in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...

) is an

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n theatre director, actor and playwright, People's Artist of Armenia (2011), Professor. He is the Artistic Director of Vardan Ajemian State Drama Theatre of

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Biography

Nikolay Tsaturyan is a son of Ervand Tsatouryan, a movie director. Nikolay studied at the Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts with Marat Marinosyan, and

Vardan Ajemian Vardan Mkrtchi Ajemian (September 15, 1905January 24, 1977) was an Armenian theatrical director and actor. He was named People's Artist of USSR in 1965 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1975. Biography Ajemian was born in Van, Turkey, Van, Ottoma ...

, whom he considers to be his "maestro". He identifies himself as an

atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...

. He also studied at Moscow High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors with Georgi Danelia. He worked at Hayfilm, then assisted to

Yuli Raizman Yuli Yakovlevich Raizman (; December 15, 1903 – December 11, 1994) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and Pedagogy, pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1964) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1973). Career In 1924 he became a ...

Mosfilm Mosfilm (, ''Mosfil’m'' , initialism and portmanteau of Moscow Films) is a film studio in Moscow which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's fi ...

. He was the director of

Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan The Gabriel Sundukyan State Academic Theatre (), founded on February 25, 1922 in Yerevan, is the oldest modern theatre in Armenia. Well-known actors and directors such as Vardan Ajemian, , Vahram Papazian, Hrachia Ghaplanyan, Hrachia Nersisyan, ...

, the founder of "Metro" theatre. He is also well known for his leading role at "Comrade Panjouni" film. Throughout his career Nikolay directed near to 100 plays, shows and events, among them

Vahagn Davtyan Vahagn Davtyan () (August 15, 1922, Arapgir, Arabkir, Turkey – February 21, 1996, Yerevan) was an Armenians, Armenian poet, translator, publicist and public activist. Biography He was born in the town of Arapgir in Turkey. Davtyan was a R ...

's "Apricot Tree" (1939),

William Saroyan William Saroyan (; August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film ''The ...

's "

The Time of Your Life ''The Time of Your Life'' is a 1939 five-act play by American playwright William Saroyan. The play is the first drama to win both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. The play opened on Broadway in 1939. C ...

Alexander Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original plays, Ostrovsky "almost single-handedly created a Russian national repe ...

's "Crazy Money",

Alexander Vampilov Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov (; 19 August 1937 – 17 August 1972) was a Soviet playwright. His play ''The Elder Son'' was first performed in 1969, and became a national success two years later. Many of his plays have been filmed or televised ...

's " The Elder Son" (Старший сын), Hrant Margarian's & Nikolay Tsaturyan's "And Three Chairs Fell From Heaven" (1991) (Եվ երկինքեն երեք աթոռ ինկան), which won "Audience Award" at Armenian Diaspora Theater Festival in 1991, Anahit Aghasaryan's and Nikolay Tsaturyan's "Save Our Souls" (1990) (Փրկեք մեր հոգիները), which won best direction, best lead actor, best supporting actress, Gabriel Sundukyan's "Power of Money" (Փուղի զորութինը).

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