Arno Babadzhanyan

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Updated 4 October 2008

Born

22 January 1921 in Erevan (Armenia). Died: 11 November 1983 in Erevan.

Education

At Erevan Music College (under Talyan) and at Moscow Conservatory (under Igumanov and Lytinski.

Style

Babadzhanyan's music abounds in folk-oriented themes which are employed with romantic excitement and dramatic pathos.

Works

"Pioneeers' March (Pionerakan kaylyerg) for piano (1931)

Andante, Scherzo and Expromptu, pieces for piano (1936)

CD EMS V1001: (Expromptu) Veronika Iltchenko (piano)
Dance for two pianos (in collabotation with A. Arutiunian) (1942)

Piano Sonata (1942)

Pieces for piano (1942)

String Quartet No. 1 (1943)

Piano Concerto (1944)

String Quartet No. 2 (1947)

Prelude "Vagharshapati par", toccata for piano (1947)

Duration: 2 minutes.

CD EMS V1001: Veronika Iltchenko (piano)

Polyphonic Sonata for piano (1947)

Violin Concerto in A minor (1949)

Armenian Rhapsody for two pianos (1950)

In collaboration with A. Arutiunian.
Heroic Ballad for piano and orchestra (1950)

Capriccio for piano (1951)

Trio in F sharp minor for piano, violin and cello (1953)

1. Largo. Allegro espressivo
2. Andante
3. Allegro vivace

CD Scandinavian Classics CD 220518-205: Trio Con Brio: Sergej Azizjan (violin), Hege Waldeland (cello), Poul Rosenbaum (piano)

Poem-Rhapsody (1954)

Vagarshapat Dance for piano (1954)

Duration: 3 min.

CD EMS V1001: Veronika Iltchenko (piano)
CD Oehms Classics OC 374: Sona Shaboyan (piano)

Sonata for violin and piano (1959)

Cello Concerto (1962)

Festive ("Tonakan") for two pianos and percussion (1962)

In collaboration with A. Arutiunian.
Six Pictures for piano opus 40 (1965)
1. Improvisation - 3 min.
2. Folk Song - 2 min.
3. Little Toccata - 2 min.
4. Intermezzo - 2 min.
5. Chorale - 3 min.
6. Sassun Dance - 3 min.

CD EMS V1001: Veronika Iltchenko (piano)
CD Oehms Classics OC 374: Sona Shaboyan (piano)

Poem for piano (1966)

"Khorhrtatsutiun" for piano (1972)

Melody and Humoresque for piano (1972)

String Quartet No.3 "In Memoriam D. Shostakovich" (1976)

March of the Soviet Militia (1977)

Elegy "In Memoriam Aram Khachaturian" for piano (1978)

With thanks to Robert Avak for additional information.

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