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Aram Khachaturian

1903 - 1978

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Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; 6 June [O.S. 24 May] 1903 – 1 May 1978) was a Soviet Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Soviet composers. Khachaturian was born and raised in Tbilisi (now the capital of Georgia). He moved to Moscow in 1921 following the Sovietization of the Caucasus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aram Khachaturian is the 55th most popular composer (down from 49th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Georgia and the most popular Georgian Composer.

Aram Khachaturian is most famous for his composition "Sabre Dance" which was featured in the film "Lawrence of Arabia."

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Aram Khachaturian ranks 55 out of 1,451. Before him are Guido of Arezzo, Stefania Turkewich, Vincenzo Bellini, Arnold Schoenberg, Edward Elgar, and Georg Philipp Telemann. After him are Carl Maria von Weber, Guillaume Du Fay, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Gounod, and Anton Webern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Aram Khachaturian ranks 5. Before him are George Orwell, Olav V of Norway, John von Neumann, and Konrad Lorenz. After him are Georges Simenon, Theodor W. Adorno, George Beadle, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, C. F. Powell, Adolf Butenandt, and Habib Bourguiba. Among people deceased in 1978, Aram Khachaturian ranks 5. Before him are Pope John Paul I, Pope Paul VI, Golda Meir, and Kurt Gödel. After him are Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Manne Siegbahn, Aldo Moro, Jacques Brel, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Giorgio de Chirico, and Robert Shaw.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Aram Khachaturian ranks 4 out of 406. Before him are Joseph Stalin (1879), Darius the Great (-550), and Attila (406). After him are Eduard Shevardnadze (1928), Shota Rustaveli (1172), Tamar of Georgia (1166), Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893), Tigran Petrosian (1929), Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939), Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907), and Sergei Parajanov (1924).

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Among COMPOSERS In Georgia

Among composers born in Georgia, Aram Khachaturian ranks 1. After him are Lev Knipper (1898), Zacharia Paliashvili (1871), Mikael Tariverdiev (1931), Edvard Mirzoyan (1921), and Vano Muradeli (1908).

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