The Washington Post - United States Marine Band

BABADZHANYAN Arno Arutyunovich (b. 22 I 1921, Yerevan) - Soviet composer and pianist. Nar art. USSR (1971). Ch. CPSU since 1956. In 1947 he graduated from the Yerevan Conservatory in composition, V. G. Talyan, in 1948 - from the Moscow Conservatory in the class of fp. K. N. Igumnova. At the same time, in 1946-48, he improved on composition from G. I. Litinsky in the House of Culture of the Armenian SSR (Moscow). Since 1950, teacher, since 1956 assistant professor of the Yerevan Conservatory in the class of fp The formation of B. 's style at an early stage was influenced by the work of S. V. Rachmaninov and the music of A. I. Khachaturian with her romantic. elation. A lively sense of modernity, vivid imagery, expressiveness of the musical language, and the constant search for new means of musical expression made B. one of the leading Soviet composers. B. pays great attention to music for films and pop genres. Mn his songs are popular, including “Song of the first love”, “Take your time”, “Make a wish”, “The best city of the earth”, etc.