Edgar Hovhannisyan
Edgar Hovhannisyan (1930–1998) was a Soviet composer and music educator.
Also recorded as Edgar Hovhannisian · Edgar Oganesian
Edgar Hovhannisyan
Tzolag Hovsepian · "Familiar Faces" album, Los Angeles, 2013, "Hay gir" publishing house · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- 1930 · Yerevan.
- Died
- 1998 · Yerevan.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Armenia
- Occupation
- composer · music educator
- Fields
- opera
- Education
- Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory · Moscow Conservatory
- Honours
- USSR State Prize · People's Artist of the USSR · honorary citizen of Yerevan · Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR · People's Artist of the Armenian SSR · Order of the Badge of Honour
- Languages
- Armenian · Russian
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Biography
Born at Yerevan in 1930, died in Yerevan in 1998.
Edgar Hovhannisyan studied at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory and Moscow Conservatory. Avetis Berberyan is recorded as having studied under Edgar Hovhannisyan. The recorded working language is Armenian and Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Employment is recorded with Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, Yerevan Opera Theater and Composers Union of Armenia. Distinctions recorded are USSR State Prize, People's Artist of the USSR, honorary citizen of Yerevan and Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR.
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