Gayane Chebotaryan Explained

Gayane Chebotaryan^[1] (8 November 1918, Rostov-on-Don16 January 1998, Moscow) was an Armenian composer and musicologist. She was born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, and graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory.^[2] She studied composition with K'usnaryan and piano with Moisei Khalfin. In 1947 she took a teaching position with the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory where she was appointed professor in 1977. She was made an Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR in 1965, and published a work on the polyphonic characteristics of Aram Khachaturian in 1969.^[3]

Works

Selected works include:

• Piano Trio
• Suite, for orchestra No. 2
• Six Preludes
• Polifonicheskii al'bom dlia iunoshestva. 13 fortepiannykh p'es collection, 1975

Her work has been recorded and issued on CD, including:

• Armenian Piano Trios, Audio CD (September 20, 2004) Et'Cetera, ASIN: B0006Z2LEC

External links

• Gayane Chebotaryan - Piano Trio at Youtube
• Gayane Chebotaryan - Piano prelude no. 3 on Youtube

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gayane Chebotaryan (C'ebotaryan). AllMusic. 12 April 2014.
2. Book: A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900. Dees, Pamela Youngdahl. 2004.
3. Book: The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. Julie Anne. Sadie. Rhian. Samuel. 1994. W. W. Norton & Company . 12 January 2011. 9780393034875.