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Konstantin Orbelyan
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| Born | July 29, 1928 Armavir, North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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| Died | April 24, 2014 (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Title | People's Artist of the USSR (1979) |
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Konstantin Aghaparonovich Orbelyan (Armenian: Կոնստանտին Օրբելյան; Russian: Константин Агапаронович Орбелян; July 29, 1928 – April 24, 2014) was an Armenian pianist, composer, head of the State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia.
He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1979. Other positions held by him include the board member of the Union of Soviet Composers, Armenian Composer's Union secretary since 1983, and the Vice-President of All-Soviet Musical Society of the USSR. He is the uncle of his namesake Constantine Orbelian.
Discography
- "Государственный эстрадный оркестр Армении п/у Константина Орбеляна" (1968)
As composer
- "Birch Whispers" (Russian: Шум берёз), sung by Dmitri Hvorostovsky on the 2005 Delos Records compilation "Moscow Nights" (conducted by Constantine Orbelian).
See also
In Spanish: Konstantín Orbelián para niños
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