Levon Alexandri Chaushian (also transliterated Chaushyan; hy, Լևոն Ալեքսանդրի Չաուշյան, russian: Левон Александрович Чаушян, 10 May 1946 – 17 February 2022) was a Soviet and Armenian composer.
Life and career
He was born in 1946 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 ...
. In 1969 he graduated from 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 ...
, majoring in composition in the class of
Edvard Mirzoyan
Edvard Mik'aeli Mirzoyan ( hy, Էդվարդ Միքայելի Միրզոյան; May 12, 1921 – October 5, 2012) was an Armenian composer.
Edvard Mirzoyan was born in Gori, Georgia. He called himself an atheist, but added, "There is only one plan ...
. In 1970 he studied piano with
Georgi Sarajev. In 1972 he graduated from the post-graduate studies.
He participated in many music festivals and got numerous diplomas. In 1988 his string quartet N 3 performed at the International Festival in
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
.
From 1986 to 1991 he was the vice-president of the Armenian Composers' Union. Since 1994, he has served as the chairman of the Armenian Composers Assembly, established by him.
His works were performed in the USA, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Portugal, Bulgaria, Greece.
Chaushian died on February 17, 2022, at the age of 75.
References
External links
Levon Chaushian*
1946 births
2022 deaths
Armenian composers
Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan alumni
Musicians from Yerevan
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