Cathy Kent - Ka-Ching!

OGANEZASHVILI Sasha (real name and surname - Alexander Arshakovich Ohanyan) (1889, Tbilisi - 31 V 1932, ibid.) - owls. Kemanchist, composer, music-societies. figure and teacher. Performer and connoisseur of the Transcaucasian and Persian. prof. music. Since 1909 he performed in the cities of Transcaucasia, the RSFSR, Cf. Asia, as well as in Iran and Germany. O. improved the design of kemanchi, introduced new methods of the game; making extensive use of the entire range, he finally approved it as a solo instrument. Will execute. O.'s art has meant. influence on the development of nar. instr. culture of Transcaucasia. In 1914, organized in Baku the so-called. East courses music, where for the first time in the entire Middle East, instruction was taught in playing notes in the east. tools. In 1920, with the active participation of O., the Eastern Conservatory opened in Baku (it was its first rector). From 1924 he taught the class east. instruments and taught music.-theoretical. discipline in the House of Arm. art in Tbilisi, since 1926 - in the Yerevan Conservatory (at the same time. director and soloist of the Ensemble of folk instruments of the Radio Committee). He performed periodically. press with articles on theory and history east. music, instrumental studies, methods of teaching the game to the east. tools. The author of the opera Farhad and Shirin (1911, Baku), pl. Op. for kemanchi, violin and fp.