Armenian composer and pianist, People's Artist of the Soviet Union and Armenia Arno Babajanyan was born on January 22, 1921.
He gained great popularity as a songwriter, successfully collaborated with poet Robert Rozhdestvensky and singer Muslim Magomaev ("Королева красоты", "Голубая тайга", "Улибнись", "Будь со мной", "В нежданный час", "Встреча", "Воспоминание", "Позови меня", "Загадай дечено", "Благодарю тебя", "Свадьба"). Yevheni Yevtushenko's ("Не спеши", "Чёртово колесо", "Твои следы"), Andrey Voznesensky ("Год любви", "Москва-река", "Верни мне музыку"), Leonid Derbenyov ("Лучший") were also very successful. город земли"), the songs written in co-authorship with "First love song" and "Yerevan" are perceived as the anthem of the hometown. "Nocturne" is widely known.
The composer also worked in the field of instrumental jazz, music-theatrical genres. He wrote "Uncle Baghdasar", "The Bride from the North", "My heart is in the mountains" and other musicals. "Heroic Ballad" for piano and orchestra, Piano trio, Sonata for violin and piano, "Six Figures" piano suite, as well as other pieces written for piano have become repertoire. "Poem" was included in the program of the Third International Competition named after Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1966) as a compulsory composition in the second stage.
His attractive and virtuosic compositions for two pianos, created in co-authorship with Alexander Harutyunyan ("Armenian Rhapsody", "Tonakan" with percussion instruments) have received world recognition. To a large extent, he developed the creative experience of Sergey Rachmaninov and Aram Khachatryan. In the last period of his life, he strove for greater rationalism in his art.
Among the performers of Arno Babajanyan's academic music are Mstislav Rostropovich, Emil Gilels, David Oistrakh, L. Vlasenko, Svetlana Navasardyan, Zhan Ter-Merkeryan, Davit Khanjian, Riga piano duo, Firenze piano duo.
He often appeared as a pianist on the stages of different cities, presenting himself with a brilliant performance of his works. Those performances were recorded and published on audio discs.
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