Konstantin orbelyan biography

  • Konstantin Aghaparonovich Orbelyan (Armenian: Կոնստանտին Օրբելյան; Russian: Константин Агапаронович Орбелян; July 29, 1928 – April 24, 2014) was an.
  • Konstantin Aghaparonovich Orbelyan was an Armenian pianist, composer, head of the State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia.
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    1928

    Born on July 29 in Armavir, Russia

    1933

    Enrolled in prestigious Baku Conservatoire Musical School for gifted children

    1936

    Father, Agaparon Sultanovich Orbelian arrested and executed during the Stalin’s political repressions.

    1938

    Mother, Sofia Mikhailovna Atarbekova is arrested and sentenced to serve five years in a corrective labor camp.  Konstantin and his older brother Harry become social outcasts, the so-called “children of the enemies of the people”.

    1939

    Konstantin is expelled from the Musical School and becomes a musical accompanist to gymnasts in a sporting society. Harry works as a teacher.

    1940

    Harry Orbelian drafted into the Soviet Army.

    1941

    World War II begins.

    1942

    Konstantin works as a pianist and accordionist in a flying school jazz band.

    1943

    Konstantin is “discovered” by the Armenian jazz musicians during the band’s tour in Yerevan, Armenia. Practically without any audition, he is invited to play in the Arm

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    Constantine Orbelian

    Constantine Orbelian
    BirthplaceSan Francisco

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    The conductor and pianist Constantin Orbelian (b. 1956) was appointed ledare and leader of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in 1991, and kept the position until he was succeeded bygd Alexi Utkin in 2010. When Orbelian was appointed, he became the first ever United States-born individ to hold any major conducting position in Russia.

    Examples of notable performances bygd Orbelian with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra:

    • In 1995, at the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the United Nations in San Francisco, USA.
    • In the spring of 2003, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, led bygd Orbelian, performed in front of an audience of 6,000 people at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, as a part of the programme “Where Are You, My Brothers?” The program was broadcasted bygd Russian Television and seen by over 90 million viewers. The performance included new arrangemang of songs from the World War II era, with Russian operatic baritone Dmitry Hvorostovsky as singer.
    • In 2004, at the U.S. State Dep