The Aram Khachaturian House-Museum ( hy, Արամ Խաչատրյանի տուն-թանգարան) opened in
Yerevan
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in 1982 and is devoted to the exhibition of the
Armenian composer
Aram Khatchaturian
Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; rus, Арам Ильич Хачатурян, , ɐˈram ɨˈlʲjitɕ xətɕɪtʊˈrʲan, Ru-Aram Ilyich Khachaturian.ogg; hy, Արամ Խաչատրյան, ''Aram Xačʿatryan''; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet and Armenian ...
's personal artifacts, as well as to the research and study of his creative output.
The idea of the museum came about in the 1970s, and Khachaturian himself was involved in its design. The composer left his manuscripts, letters, piano, various memorabilia, and personal gifts to the institution in his will. The building is an extension of the house where the composer resided whenever he visited the Armenian capital. It was converted into a museum by architect Edvard Altunyan.
Under its founding director Gohar Harutiunyan, the museum succeeded in attracting financial support from a wide range of sponsors and benefactors, and expanded its collection of artifacts belonging to Khachaturian.
[А. Лоренц, "Дань любви и памяти." Ереван, ''Комсомолец,'' (24 Января, 1984, стр. 4).] Today the museum continues to grow under the directorship of Armine Grigoryan.
The multi-storied building houses an attractive concert hall (with a concert-grand
Bechstein piano), where a regular music series takes place. It also houses an extensive library of CDs and a workshop for the restoration and repair of violins. The museum maintains strong links to Armenian musicians and composers and is committed to furthering music in Armenia. It also publishes a range of scholarly books.
The House-Museum is located on 3 Zarobyan St (off Marshal
Bagramyan Ave), Yerevan 0009, Armenia. Tel: (374-10) 58.94.18.
References
Museum publications
*Արամ Խաչատրյան. ''Նամակներ''։ (Yerevan: «Սովետական գրող» հրատարակչություն, 1983), 238 pp.
*Արամ Խաչատրյան. ''Նամակներ''։ (Yerevan։ «Ապոլոն» հրատարակչություն, 1995), 252 pp.
*Արամ Խաչատրյան. ''Նամակներ։'' (Yerevan։ «Նաիրի» հրատարակչություն, 2003), 152 pp.
*''Aram Khachaturyan Museum''. (Yerevan: Armenia Press, 2002).
See also
*
List of music museums
This worldwide list of music museums encompasses past and present museums that focus on musicians, musical instruments or other musical subjects.
Argentina
* – Mina Clavero
* Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina – Buenos ...
External links
About Aram Khachaturian's house museumMuseum official site
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Museums in Yerevan
Biographical museums in Armenia
Music museums
Music organizations based in Armenia