Sergey Artemyevich Balasanian (russian: Серге́й Арте́мьевич Баласаня́н; 13 August 1902 in

Ashgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...

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13 June 1982

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, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet Armenian composer. He taught composition in the

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. Balasanian wrote the first

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opera – ''The Uprising at Vosse'' (first staged in 1939). It was debuted in Moscow in 1941 as part of a 10-day exhibition of Tajik art. Sergey Balasanian was awarded the

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(1949) and five orders. In 1957 he was decorated as

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

, and in 1963 as Honored Art Worker of the Russian SFSR.

Works

* Sakuntala (ballet) * The Uprising at Vosse (opera,1939) * Blacksmith Kova (opera, 1941) * Song of Anger (musical drama, 1942) * Armenian Rhapsody (orchestral suite, 1944) * Leyli and Majnun (ballet, 1947) * Bakhtior and Nisso (opera, 1954) * Afghan Pictures (symphonic cycle, 1959) * Four Folk Songs of Africa (song cycle, 1961) * Cello Sonata (1976) * Across Armenia (1978)

References

1902 births 1982 deaths People from Ashgabat People from Transcaspian Oblast Turkmenistan people of Armenian descent Soviet Armenians Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Armenian composers Russian male classical composers Soviet composers Soviet male composers Turkmenistan composers 20th-century classical composers 20th-century Russian male musicians Moscow Conservatory alumni Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory People's Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the Stalin Prize Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour {{Turkmenistan-bio-stub