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Alexander Arutiunian

1920 - 2012

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Alexander Grigori Arutiunian (23 September 1920 – 28 March 2012), was a Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist, widely known for his 1950 Trumpet Concerto. A professor at Yerevan State Conservatory, he was recognized with many awards for his work, including the Stalin Prize in 1949 and People's Artist of the USSR in 1970, as well as numerous honors from his homeland of Armenia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Arutiunian is the 414th most popular composer (up from 596th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Armenia (up from 29th in 2019) and the most popular Armenian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alexander Arutiunian ranks 414 out of 1,451. Before him are Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Gaspar Sanz, Adriano Banchieri, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Paul Abraham, and Nicolaus Bruhns. After him are Maurice Duruflé, Ignaz Moscheles, Boris Lyatoshinsky, Georges Delerue, Mélanie Bonis, and Ferdinand Hiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Alexander Arutiunian ranks 94. Before him are Abe Lenstra, Karl Albrecht, Maurice Bucaille, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ovadia Yosef, and Mario Benedetti. After him are Mehdi Ben Barka, Ricardo Montalbán, Constanze Manziarly, Henri Verneuil, Roberto Calvi, and Gottfried Böhm. Among people deceased in 2012, Alexander Arutiunian ranks 89. Before him are Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Assef Shawkat, Haji Mohammad Chamkani, Herbert Lom, Paul L. Smith, and Gore Vidal. After him are Miguel de la Madrid, Maurice Herzog, Dorothea Tanning, Santiago Carrillo, Meles Zenawi, and Warda Al-Jazairia.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Alexander Arutiunian ranks 20 out of 163. Before him are Khachatur Abovian (1805), Ashot I of Armenia (820), Armen Sarkissian (1953), Sebeos (700), Anania Shirakatsi (610), and Karekin II (1951). After him are Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869), Djivan Gasparyan (1928), Tigranes III (-100), Olga Chekhova (1897), Arno Babajanian (1921), and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (1935).

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Among COMPOSERS In Armenia

Among composers born in Armenia, Alexander Arutiunian ranks 1. After him are Arno Babajanian (1921).

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