Tatul Tigrani Altunyan (

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, Adana Vilayet,

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- November 29, 1973,

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) was an

n conductor, the founder of Armenian State Song-Dance Ensemble (currently named after him),

People's Artist of 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 ...

(1965), recipient of the

State Prize of the USSR The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

(1950) and university professor. Altunyan was the student of

Romanos Melikian Romanos Melikian ( hy, Ռոմանոս Հովակիմի Մելիքյան; October 1, 1883, Kizlyar – March 30, 1935, Yerevan) was an Armenian composer. He finished the Rostov Musical College, then the classes of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov and B. Y ...

and Spiridon Melikian. In 1934, after graduating from the

Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan 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 ...

, he studied at the Leningrad State Conservatory. Altunyan founded the Armenian National Song and Dance Ensemble in 1938, and acted as its principal conductor, giving performances around the world, until 1970. The ensemble is remembered as a "perfect illustration of the beauty of traditional Armenian music". Altunyan died in 1973 and is buried at the Tokhmakh Cemetery in Yerevan, along with his wife Olga Altunyan.T. Altumyan's tombstone at Tokhmakh cemetery
/ref> He is the father of conductor Zhirayr Altunyan, and composer

Ruben Altunyan Ruben Tatuli Altunyan ( Armenian: Ռուբեն Թաթուլի Ալթունյան; 31 March 1939 – 21 November 2021) was an Armenian composer, violist, and conductor. He was the son of conductor Tatul Altunyan. Selected works * String Quar ...

Karen Altunyan and Jilda Altunyan also .

References

External links

Biography (in Armenian)TATUL ALTUNYAN’S ENSEMBLE 70 YEARS, Panorama.am, 2008
1901 births 1973 deaths 20th-century conductors (music) People from Adana People from Adana vilayet Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni People's Artists of Armenia People's Artists of the USSR Stalin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Armenians from the Ottoman Empire Armenian conductors (music) Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire {{Conductor-stub