Gagik Hovunts
Gagik Hovunts (1 March 1930 – 1 September 2019) was an Armenian composer, born in Yerevan. He started his music education at the Alexander Spendiaryan Music School. In 1954 he graduated from the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, the class of violin with Karp Dombaev, and in 1957 - the class of composition with Grigor Yeghiazaryan.
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Gagik Hovunts
- Full name
- Գագիկ Գեդեոնի Հովհաննիսյան.
- Born
- Gagik Hovunts was born on 1 March 1930. · Yerevan.
- Died
- Gagik Hovunts died on 1 September 2019. · Yerevan.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Armenia.
- Occupation
- composer and music educator.
- Education
- Sayat-Nova Music School and Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.
- Honours
- Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR.
- Languages
- Armenian.
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Gagik Hovunts (1 March 1930 – 1 September 2019) was an Armenian composer, born in Yerevan. He started his music education at the Alexander Spendiaryan Music School. In 1954 he graduated from the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, the class of violin with Karp Dombaev, and in 1957 - the class of composition with Grigor Yeghiazaryan.
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Gagik Hovunts (1930–2019) was a composer, film score composer and music educator, a national of Armenia and the Soviet Union. The composer was born Գագիկ Գեդեոնի Հովհաննիսյան in Yerevan and died in Yerevan.
Gagik Hovunts was educated at Sayat-Nova Music School and Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. The composer worked for Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.
Languages used include Armenian. Honours include Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR.
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He was a professor at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory from 1984 onwards.
Gagik Hovunts is recorded with the occupation film score composer. Recorded with the occupation music educator. Recorded as a citizen of Soviet Union.
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Gagik Hovunts died on 1 September 2019.
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Gagik Hovunts was born at Yerevan.
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