Ghazaros (Lazarus) Saryan ( hy, Ղազարոս Սարյան, russian: Лазарь Мартиросович Сарьян; 30 September 1920 – 27 May 1998) was an

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composer and educator.

Life and career

Ghazaros Saryan was born into a family of distinguished Armenian artists. He is the son of renowned painter

Martiros Saryan Martiros Saryan ( hy, Մարտիրոս Սարյան; russian: Мартиро́с Сарья́н; – 5 May 1972) was a Soviet Armenian painter, the founder of a modern Armenian national school of painting. Biography He was born into an Armenia ...

and the grandson of the prominent writer

Ghazaros Aghayan Ghazaros (Lazarus) Aghayan ( hy, Ղազարոս Աղայեան; ) was an Armenian writer, educator, folklorist, historian, linguist and public figure. Biography Aghayan was born in Bolnisi village (also known as Bolnis-Khachen), Tiflis Governor ...

. Musically gifted, Ghazaros attended the

Yerevan State Conservatory Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan ( hy, Երևանի Կոմիտասի անվան պետական կոնսերվատորիա), also known as Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (YKSC) or Yerevan State Conservatory (YSC), is a state-owned colleg ...

from 1934 to 1938, where he studied composition with

Sargis Barkhudaryan Sargis Barkhudaryan ( hy, Սարգիս Բարխուդարյան) (August 26, 1887 – October 25, 1973) was an Armenian composer, pianist and educator. Biography Born in Tiflis (now Tbilisi), Georgia. Sargis was one of the eight children of a ...

and Vardges Talyan. Afterwards, he travelled to Moscow and enrolled in the composition class of

Vissarion Shebalin Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin (russian: Виссарио́н Я́ковлевич Шебали́н; 29 May 1963) was a Soviet composer. Biography Shebalin was born in Omsk, where his parents were school teachers. He studied in the musical colle ...

at the

Gnessin State Musical College The Gnessin State Musical College (russian: link=no, Государственный музыкальный колледж имени Гнесиных) and Gnesins Russian Academy of Music (russian: Российская академия музык� ...

. With the outbreak of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

in 1941, Ghazaros was drafted into the Soviet army and served actively until 1945. Subsequently, he entered the

Moscow Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...

. Among his composition teachers were

Dmitri Kabalevsky Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский ; 14 February 1987) was a Soviet composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue of Russian gentry descent. He helped set up the Union of Soviet C ...

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...

and Anatoly Nikolayevich Alexandrov. Saryan graduated in 1950.Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia, vol 10, p 238. Upon his return to Armenia, Saryan joined the faculty of the

Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan ( hy, Երևանի Կոմիտասի անվան պետական կոնսերվատորիա), also known as Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (YKSC) or Yerevan State Conservatory (YSC), is a state-owned college ...

where he taught orchestration. During 1955–56, he was chairman of the Armenian Composers' Union. In 1960, he was appointed

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of the Conservatory, a position he retained until 1986. Saryan taught composition as well, training such Armenian composers as

Tigran Mansurian Tigran Yeghiayi Mansurian ( hy, Տիգրան Եղիայի Մանսուրյան; born 27 January 1939) is a leading Armenian composer of classical music and film scores, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1990), and Honored Art Worker of the Arm ...

, Rober Altunyan,

Vardan Adjemyan Vartan Adjemian ( hy, Վարդան Աճեմյան, , ; born 27 April 1956) is an Armenian composer of orchestral, operatic, and chamber music whose works have been performed worldwide. Career Adjemian studied composition with prominent Armenian ...

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 People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (Народный артист Армянской ССР), is an honorary title awarded to citizens of the Armenian SSR in the Soviet Union. It is awarded for outstanding performance in the performing arts, wh ...

(1983) and the

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

(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

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, 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 Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

, Armenia.

Compositions

Orchestra

*Symphonic Poem, 1950 *Symphonic Images, 1956 *Հանդիսավոր նախերգանք estive Overture 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 oviet Armenia vocal soloists and chorus, 1950 *Երգ խաղաղության eace Song voice, pf, 1951 *Խաղաղության օրը ay of Peace(vocal-symphonic suite), chorus and orch, 1953 *Քեզ եմ երգում, Հայրենիք atherland, I Am Singing of You 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 randfather's Clock pf, 1970 *String Quartet no. 2, 1986 *Sonata no. 2, vc, pf, 1989 *3 Postludes, pf, 1990

Romances

*Ինչու՞ ուշացար hy Are You Late? 1956 *Հինգ քնարական երգեր ive Lyrical Songs 1960

Film Scores

*Փեսատես isiting the Groom 1953 *Մանրունք mall Change 1954 *Հովազաձորի գերիները he Captives of Hovazadzor 1956 *Առաջին սիրո երգը he Song of First Love(composed with Arno Babadjanian), 1958 *01-99, 1959 *Նրա երազանքը er Fantasy 1959 *Մեր թաղի ձայները he Voices of Our Neighborhood 1960 *Մարտիրոս Սարյան artiros Saryan 1965 *Արևային գույների մեղեդին elodies of Sunshine 1979

References

Recordings

*http://cdbaby.com/cd/lazarsaryan (Chamber Music) *http://cdbaby.com/cd/lazarsaryan2 (Symphonic Music)

External links

Lazar Saryan at the Armenian National Music website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarian, Lazar 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 Academics of the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan Armenian people of World War II Soviet military personnel of World War II 20th-century classical musicians