CHEBOTARYAN
GAYANE
GAYANE
Composer, pianist, musicologist, pedagogue
08/11/1918, Doni Rostov – 16/01/1998, Moscow
1943 – graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory (composition prof. Kristapor Kushnarian, and piano prof. Ioslfin)
Since 1947 – lecturer at the Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas (YSCK)
Since 1960 – member of the CPSU
Since 1977 – Professor at the YSCK
1939 – Variations on a Folk Theme for piano
1943 – Sonata
1947 – “Armenia Poem” poem-cantata for symphony orchestra and choir
1948 – Piano Trio
1948 – Preludes
1950 – “Celebration Dance” symphonic picture
1963 – Concert Etudes
1972 – “A Polyphonic Album for Youth”
1980 – Piano Concerto
Series of preludes and fugues on the armenian folk modes
Chorouses
Compositions for voice and piano
Arrangements of folk songs
Developed the “Polyphony in Armenian Music” course.
Chebotaryan’s works stand out for their simplicity of conception, clarity of composition, lyricism and melodic expressiveness are combined with strict and laconic thinking.
1965 – Honored Artist of the USSR