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Khachaturian

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Kha·cha·tu·ri·an  (kächä-tr-n, kch-, -ch-tr-yän), Aram Ilich 1903-1978.
Russian composer of Armenian parentage whose works include concertos for piano and violin, symphonies, and ballets, such as Gayane (1942).

Khachaturian [ˌkɑːtʃəˈtʊərɪən xətʃətuˈrjan]
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(Biographies / Khachaturian, Aram Ilich (1903-1978) M, Russian, MUSIC: composer) Aram Ilich (ˈarəm iljˈjitʃ). 1903-78, Russian composer. His works, which often incorporate Armenian folk tunes, include a piano concerto and the ballets Gayaneh (1942) and Spartacus (1954)
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Noun1.Khachaturian - Russian composer (born in Armenia) whose works are romantic and reflect his interest in folk music (1903-1978)


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The NMP catalog, which features recent music by such established composers as Georgy Agachev, Andry Espay, Karen Khachaturian and Boris Tistchenko, as well as rising young composers like Vera Astrova, Alexander Klevitsky, Vadim Kulev, Alexei Larin and Oleg Oblov, will be represented by Carl Fischer in all of North America.
While high levels of aluminum are found in the brains of Alzheimer's victims, "it's not clear whether the aluminum starts the process or got there because there is disease already in progress," explains Khachaturian.
Lowell Smith's A Pas de Deux for Phrygia and Spartacus, to the familiar music by Aram Khachaturian, is all breathless lifts, barrel turns, and the wrenching emotion Soviet dancers used to be so good at.
 
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