Konstantin Orbelyan
Konstantin Aghaparonovich Orbelyan (Armenian: Կոնստանտին Օրբելյան; Russian: Константин Агапаронович Орбелян; July 29, 1928 – April 24, 2014) was an Armenian pianist, composer, head of the State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia. He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1979. Other positions held by him included the board member of the Union of Soviet Composers, Armenian Composer's Union secretary since 1983, and the Vice-President of All-Soviet Musical Society of the USSR. He was the uncle of his namesake Constantine Orbelian.
Also recorded as Konstantin Aghaparoni Orbelyan
Konstantin Orbelyan
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- Born
- 1928. · Armavir.
- Died
- 2014. · Los Angeles.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union, Armenia and United States.
- Occupation
- conductor, composer, pianist and musician.
- Fields
- jazz, symphonic music, chamber music and estrada.
- Education
- Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.
- Honours
- People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Badge of Honour, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots and Medal For Distinguished Labour.
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"Birch Whispers" (Russian: Шум берёз), sung by Dmitri Hvorostovsky on the 2005 Delos Records compilation "Moscow Nights" (conducted by Constantine Orbelian).
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Konstantin Orbelyan was born on 29 July 1928 and died on 24 April 2014 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The birthplace of Konstantin Orbelyan is recorded as Armawir by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Armavir (Arménie) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Konstantin Orbelyan died at Los Angeles.
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Armavir.
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Konstantin Orbelyan studied at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. The field of work recorded is jazz, symphonic music and chamber music. Distinctions recorded are People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Badge of Honour, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR and Order of Friendship of Peoples.
"Государственный эстрадный оркестр Армении п/у Константина Орбеляна" (1968)
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Konstantin Orbelyan lived from 29 July 1928 to 24 April 2014 and was a musician, composer, pianist and conductor. According to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the recorded places of activity of Konstantin Orbelyan are Baku, Jerewan and Los Angeles, California.
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- 1.Указ Президиума Верховного Совета Армянской ССР о присвоении Бохян Н. С., Колесниченко Ю. Д., Мелик-Авакяну Г. Г. и Орбеляну К. A. почетного звания народного apтиста Армянской ССР. Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta Armyanskoy Sotsialisticheskoy Respubliki. 14. 31 July 1974.
- 2.Tert.am. Armenian musician Konstantin Orbelyan dies at 85. 2014-04-24.
- 3.http://moscowchamberorchestra.com/co_biography.html Harry's younger brother, Konstantin, who was only 11 when the two boys were cast out on the street upon the arrest of their parents, was a talented pianist who managed to get a job playing the piano in the circus at that tender age. He eventually became a leading composer of popular songs and film scores in Russia.
- 4.Delos description of CD ; Naxos - lists work as Konstantin Orbelian's.
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