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Sergey Artemyevich Balasanian (Russian: Серге́й Арте́мьевич Баласаня́н; 13 August 1902 in Ashgabat, Russian Empire – 13 June 1982 Moscow, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet Armenian composer. He taught composition in the Moscow Conservatory. Balasanian wrote the first Tajik 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 Stalin Prize (1949) and five orders. In 1957 he was decorated as People's Artist of the Tajik SSR, 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
- "Опера Баласаняна "Восстание Восе" | Belcanto.ru". belcanto.ru. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- "Роль дружбы народов в становлении театрального искусства в таджикистане – Фундаментальные исследования (научный журнал)". fundamental-research.ru. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- 2017-10-24 Sergey Balasanian (1902–1982) Variations Shakuntala, 28 October 2017, retrieved 23 July 2022
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- 1902 births
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- People from Ashgabat
- People from Transcaspian Oblast
- Turkmenistan people of Armenian descent
- Soviet Armenians
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- Armenian composers
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- People's Artists of the RSFSR
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