Sergey Artemyevich Balasanian (; 13 August 1902 in

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13 June 1982

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, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet Armenian composer. He taught composition in the

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. Balasanian wrote the first Tajik opera – ''The Uprising at Vosse'' (first staged in 1939). It was debuted in Moscow in 1941 as part of a 10-day exhibition of Tajik art. Sergey Balasanian was awarded the Stalin Prize (1949) and five orders. In 1957 he was decorated as

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, and in 1963 as Honored Art Worker of the Russian SFSR.

Works

* Sakuntala (ballet) * The Uprising at Vosse (opera,1939) * Blacksmith Kova (opera, 1941) * Song of Anger (musical drama, 1942) * Armenian Rhapsody (orchestral suite, 1944) * Leyli and Majnun (ballet, 1947) * Bakhtior and Nisso (opera, 1954) * Afghan Pictures (symphonic cycle, 1959) * Four Folk Songs of Africa (song cycle, 1961) * Cello Sonata (1976) * Across Armenia (1978)

References

1902 births 1982 deaths People from Ashgabat People from Transcaspian Oblast Turkmenistan people of Armenian descent Soviet Armenians Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Armenian composers Russian male classical composers Soviet composers Soviet male composers Turkmenistan composers Soviet classical composers 20th-century Russian male musicians Moscow Conservatory alumni Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory People's Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the Tajik SSR Recipients of the Stalin Prize Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour {{Turkmenistan-bio-stub