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Sergei Aslamazyan

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Sergei Aslamazyan
Սերգեյ Ասլամազյան
Born27 January 1897 [O.S. 15 January]
Mozdok, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire
DiedMarch 4, 1996(1996-03-04) (aged 64–65)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
GenresClassical
Occupations
InstrumentCello

Sergei Zakari Aslamazyan[a] (27 January 1897 [O.S. 15 January] – 27 September 1978) was a Soviet Armenian cellist, composer, People's Artist of Armenian SSR (1945), awarded the Stalin Prize (1946). He was a co-founder and a member of Komitas Quartet from 1925 to 1968. He was the author of quartet versions of Komitas works. From 1947 he was a professor at Moscow State Conservatory.

Selected works

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  • Melodie for viola and piano
  • Suite on Armenian Folk Songs for string quartet (1950)
  • Variations on a Theme by Paganini for string quartet (1961)

Notes

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    • Armenian: Սերգեյ Զաքարի Ասլամազյան, romanizedSergey Zakʻari Aslamazyan
    • Russian: Сергей Захарович Асламазян, romanizedSergey Zakharovich Aslamazyan
    • Sometimes given as Aslamazian