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.[1]
Konstantin Orbelyan Կոնստանտին Օրբելյան | |
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| Born | July 29, 1928 |
| Died | April 24, 2014 (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Title | People's Artist of the USSR (1979) |
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He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1979. Other positions held by him include 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 is the uncle of his namesake Constantine Orbelian.[2]
Discography edit
- "Государственный эстрадный оркестр Армении п/у Константина Орбеляна" (1968)
As composer edit
- "Birch Whispers" (Russian: Шум берёз), sung by Dmitri Hvorostovsky on the 2005 Delos Records compilation "Moscow Nights" (conducted by Constantine Orbelian).[3]
References edit
- ^ "Armenian musician Konstantin Orbelyan dies at 85". Tert.am. 2014-04-24. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Delos description of CD ; Naxos - lists work as Konstantin Orbelian's.
External links edit
Media related to Konstantin Orbelyan at Wikimedia Commons- Orbelyan in Jazz: XXth century Russian encyclopedia[permanent dead link]
- Orbelyan
- Orbelyan's Official Website
- Konstantin Orbelyan at All About Armenian Jazz
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