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| Ghazaros (Lazarus) Saryan Ղազարոս (Լազար) Սարյան Лазарь Мартиросович Сарьян | |
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| Born | (1920-09-30)30 September 1920 Rostov-on-Don, Russian SFSR |
| Died | 27 May 1998(1998-05-27) (aged 77) Yerevan, Armenia |
| Occupation(s) | Composer Educator |
Ghazaros (Lazarus) Saryan (Armenian: Ղազարոս Սարյան, Russian: Лазарь Мартиросович Сарьян; 30 September 1920 – 27 May 1998) was an Armenian composer and educator.
Life and career
Ghazaros Saryan was born into a family of distinguished Armenian artists. He was the son of renowned painter Martiros Saryan and the grandson of the prominent writer Ghazaros Aghayan. Musically gifted, Ghazaros attended the Yerevan State Conservatory from 1934 to 1938, where he studied composition with Sargis Barkhudaryan and Vardges Talyan. Afterwards, he travelled to Moscow and enrolled in the composition class of Vissarion Shebalin at the Gnessin State Musical College.
With the outbreak of World War II in 1941, Ghazaros was drafted into the Soviet army and served actively until 1945. Subsequently, he entered the Moscow Conservatory. Among his composition teachers were Dmitri Kabalevsky, Dmitri Shostakovich and Anatoly Nikolayevich Alexandrov. Saryan graduated in 1950.
Upon his return to Armenia, Saryan joined the faculty of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory where he taught orchestration. During 1955–56, he was chairman of the Armenian Composers' Union. In 1960, he was appointed rector of the Conservatory, a position he retained until 1986. Saryan taught composition as well, training such Armenian composers as Tigran Mansurian, Rober Altunyan, Vardan Adjemyan and Ruben Sargsyan.
Ghazaros Saryan was essentially a composer of symphonic oeuvre. He also wrote works for chamber music, as well as several film scores.
Saryan received many awards, including the People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1983) and the People's Artist of the USSR (1991). For his military service he was decorated with the Red Star Medal.
Saryan's Armenia: Symphonic Panels was performed in 1991 at the Pierre Boulez Contemporary Music Center in Metz, France, and his Passacaglia was presented in 1995 during the Athens Music Festival.
Ghazaros Saryan's manuscripts are deposited at the Martiros Saryan Museum, in Yerevan, Armenia.
Compositions
Orchestra
- Symphonic Poem, 1950
- Symphonic Images, 1956
- Հանդիսավոր նախերգանք , 1957
- Adagio and Dance, string orch, 1957
- Serenade, 1959
- Armenia: Symphonic Panels on motifs by Martiros Saryan, 1966
- Vn Concerto, 1972
- Symphony, 1980
- Choreographic Composition, 1987
- Passacaglia, 1994
- Fanfares, 1996
- Andante and Presto, vn, chm orch, 1997
Vocal
- Սովետական Հայաստան , vocal soloists and chorus, 1950
- Երգ խաղաղության , voice, pf, 1951
- Խաղաղության օրը (vocal-symphonic suite), chorus and orch, 1953
- Քեզ եմ երգում, Հայրենիք , voice, pf, 1955
Instrumental
- Theme with Variations, pf, 1947
- Sonata no. 1, vc, pf, 1948
- String Quartet no. 1, 1949
- Dance, pf, 1955
- Concert Piece, trp, pf, 1962
- Aria and Toccata, vn, pf, 1966
- Պապիկի ժամացույցը , pf, 1970
- String Quartet no. 2, 1986
- Sonata no. 2, vc, pf, 1989
- 3 Postludes, pf, 1990
Romances
- Ինչու՞ ուշացար , 1956
- Հինգ քնարական երգեր , 1960
Film Scores
- Փեսատես , 1953
- Մանրունք , 1954
- Հովազաձորի գերիները , 1956
- Առաջին սիրո երգը (composed with Arno Babadjanian), 1958
- 01-99, 1959
- Նրա երազանքը , 1959
- Մեր թաղի ձայները , 1960
- Մարտիրոս Սարյան , 1965
- Արևային գույների մեղեդին , 1979
References
- Svetlana Sarkisian, "Saryan, Ghazar," The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1980.
- Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia, vol 10, p 238.
Further reading
Արաքսի Սարյան, Ղազարոս Սարյանը եվ նրա ժամանակը, Аракси Сарьян, Лазарь Сарьян и Его Время. «Արճեշ» հրատարակչություն, Yerevan 2001.
Recordings
- http://cdbaby.com/cd/lazarsaryan Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine (Chamber Music)
- http://cdbaby.com/cd/lazarsaryan2 Archived 2016-12-01 at the Wayback Machine (Symphonic Music)
External links
Categories:- 1920 births
- 1998 deaths
- Musicians from Rostov-on-Don
- Armenian composers
- Soviet composers
- Soviet male composers
- People's Artists of the USSR
- People's Artists of Armenia
- Russian people of Armenian descent
- Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan alumni
- Gnessin State Musical College alumni
- Moscow Conservatory alumni
- Academic staff of the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan
- Armenian people of World War II
- Soviet military personnel of World War II
- 20th-century classical musicians