Robert Amirkhanyan
Robert Babkeni Amirkhanyan (born November 16, 1939) is an Armenian composer and songwriter. He is a professor at the Yerevan State Conservatory. He wrote over 300 songs, vocal series, operettas.
Robert Amirkhanyan

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- Name
- Robert Amirkhanyan
- Born
- 16 November 1939
- Birthplace
- Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
- Occupation
- Composer and songwriter
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Armenia.
- Education
- Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.
- Honours
- Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR, Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots, Lenin Komsomol Prize and Order of the Badge of Honour.
- Languages
- Armenian.
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Robert Babkeni Amirkhanyan (born November 16, 1939) is an Armenian composer and songwriter. He is a professor at the Yerevan State Conservatory. He wrote over 300 songs, vocal series, operettas.
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Robert Amirkhanyan (born 1939) is a composer, film score composer and politician, among other activities and a national of Armenia and the Soviet Union. The composer was born in Yerevan.
Robert Amirkhanyan studied at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. The composer worked for Public Radio of Armenia and Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory and is a member of Composers Union of Armenia and Union of Soviet Composers. Robert Amirkhanyan held the position of member of the National Assembly of Armenia.
Languages used include Armenian. The composer received Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR, Lenin Komsomol Prize and Order of the Badge of Honour, among others.
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Biography
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Robert Amirkhanyan studied at Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. The recorded working language is Armenian. Employment is recorded with Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory and Public Radio of Armenia. Positions recorded include member of the National Assembly of Armenia. Distinctions recorded are Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR, Order of St.
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• Name — Robert Amirkhanyan • Born — 16 November 1939 • Birthplace — Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — Composer and songwriter • Instrument — Piano
Career
Career
In 1969 Amirkhanyan graduated from the Yerevan State Conservatory, class of Eduard Mirzoyan. From 1969 to 1972 Amirkhanyan was the musical editor of Armenian Radio. From 1991 to 2013, he served as the President of the Union of Composers of Armenia. He is an author of many popular Armenian songs ("Hayreni yerkir", "Hayi achker", "Ding-dong", "Arise!", "Arevot andzrev"), soundtracks of films, animation cartoons, operettas, as well as the first Armenian musical, entitled "The Oriental Dentist". He wrote music for 16 feature films and about 30 animated films. His songs were performed by Raisa Mkrtchyan, Muslim Magomayev, Larisa Mondrus. According to Mir TV, "in the Soviet Union, everyone knew him for his music". Amirkhanyan's "Variations for String Quartet" won the first prize in the Young Composers' Competition of the USSR in 1969. In 1973 Amirkhanyan's song "Where Are You Boys" won the "Best Song" award at the Berlin City World Youth Festival. In 1975 his composition "Autumn Melody" won the 3rd prize at the Sopot International Song Festival. In 2012, he was awarded the State Prize of the Republic of Armenia for his Yerevan Rhapsody. He is the author of a cantata-oratorio, orchestral, piano, choral and vocal music. From 1999 to 2003 he was a member of the National Assembly of Armenia.
Filmography
Filmography
• 1968 – A Drop of Honey, animation • 1970 – Heghnar's Spring • 1971 – Pui-Pui Mouse, animation • 1972 – Hayrik • 1972 – The Men • 1974 – Abu-Hasan's Slippers, animation • 1976 – And Then You Will Come Back... • 1976 – Blonde Plane • 1980 – Panos the Clumsy, animation • 1983 – Wow, a Talking Fish!, animation (a remix of the main motive became a hit in Russia in the 2000s) • 1984 – In the Blue Sea, In the White Foam, animation • 1986 – Death of the Mouse, animation • 1994 – The Axe, animation
Identity
Identity
Robert Amirkhanyan is recorded with the occupation film score composer. Recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded as having received Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR and Order of St.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1939
Robert Amirkhanyan was born on 16 November 1939.
1982
Kto rasskazhet nebylitsu? is dated 1982.
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Awards and prizes
• Armenian Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award (2002) • Honored Artist of Armenia (1984) • People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1987) • Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots (1998) • Order of Honor (2017) • State Prize of the Republic of Armenia (2012) • Lenin Komsomol Prize (1980) for 1978–1979 song cycles
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- 1.Biography, AUFP.
- 2.Books and Art in the USSR. 1984 p. 59 "The first prize was awarded to Anna Vavilova of Leningrad for her rendition of the song "Arise!" by R. Amirkhanyan, a serious song full of philosophical meditation,"
- 3.All life is music: Armenian composer Robert Amirkhanyan celebrates his 80th birthday, Mir TV, 2019
- 4.Robert Amirkhanyan, Music of Armenia
- 5."Your creative legacy is a national asset" – PM offers birthday greetings to composer Robert Amirkhanyan on his 80th birth anniversary and hands a state award. www.primeminister.am.
- 6.Biography, NA RA
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He was employed by Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory and Public Radio of Armenia. Recorded position is member of the National Assembly of Armenia. He belonged to Union of Soviet Composers and Composers Union of Armenia. Amirkhanyan received Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR, Order of St.
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Mesrop Mashtots, Lenin Komsomol Prize and Order of the Badge of Honour
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