Tatul Tigrani Altunyan (November 29, 1973) was an

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, the founder of Armenian State Song-Dance Ensemble (currently named after him),

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(1965), recipient of the

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(1950) and university professor. Altunyan was born in

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, Adana Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. He was the student of

Romanos Melikian Romanos Hovakimi Melikian (; October 1, 1883 – March 30, 1935) was an Armenian composer, conductor, and educator. He played a significant role in the developing Armenian classical music and established Armenian musical institutions such as Kom ...

and Spiridon Melikyan. In 1934, after graduating from 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 ...

, he studied at the Leningrad State Conservatory. Altunyan founded the Armenian National Song and Dance Ensemble in 1938, and acted as its principal conductor, giving performances around the world, until 1970. The ensemble is remembered as a "perfect illustration of the beauty of traditional Armenian music". Altunyan died in 1973 in

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and is buried at the Tokhmakh Cemetery in Yerevan, along with his wife Olga Altunyan.T. Altumyan's tombstone at Tokhmakh cemetery
/ref> He is the father of conductor Zhirayr Altunyan, and composer Ruben Altunyan, Karen Altunyan and Jilda Altunyan.

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Biography (in Armenian)TATUL ALTUNYAN’S ENSEMBLE 70 YEARS, Panorama.am, 2008
1901 births 1973 deaths 20th-century conductors (music) People from Adana People from Adana vilayet Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni People's Artists of Armenia People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Stalin Prize Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Armenians from the Ottoman Empire Armenian conductors (music) Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire {{Conductor-stub