Michael Maluntsian ( hy, Միքայել Մովսեսի Մալունցյան ''Mikael Movsesi Maluntsyan''; russian: Михаил Моисеевич Малунцян, , Baku,

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

– 20 February 1973,

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, Armenian SSR) was an

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n conductor, cellist and

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. People's Artist of Armenia. He worked with

Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra The Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra (''ANPO'') (Armenian: Հայաստանի ազգային ֆիլհարմոնիկ նվագախումբ) is the national orchestra of Armenia. It was founded in 1925 as a symphony orchestra of the Yerevan S ...

as its artistic director and principal conductor in 1945–1960 and 1966–1967.Biography
/ref> Maluntsyan was trained as a cellist at the Tbilisi Conservatory, and subsequently also graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1935, where he studied conducting. He was the conductor of the opera studio of Moscow conservatory from 1934 to 1945. In 1945 he led the chair of orchestra instruments of the Yerevan Conservatory.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maluntsian, Michael Armenian musicians 1903 births Armenian conductors (music) 1973 deaths Soviet conductors (music)