Gayaneh: Suite #1 Aram Khachaturian Sequenced by : MARK ANTHONY WILLIAMS
Aram Il'yich Khachaturian was born in Tbilisi on 6th June 1903. This Soviet composer first studied medicine then went onto study the cello and composition under Myaskovsky at the Moscow Conservatory (1929-37). Khachaturian died in Moscow on 1st May 1978.
Gayaneh ballet has 3 Acts. Libretto by Berzhavin. Composed at Leningrad in 1942.