Konstantin Orbelyan
Konstantin Aghaparonovich Orbelyan (Armenian: Կոնստանտին Օրբելյան; Russian: Константин Агапаронович Орбелян; July 29, 1928 – April 24, 2014) was an Armenian pianist, composer, head of the State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia.
Konstantin Orbelyan Կոնստանտին Օրբելյան | |
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| Born | July 29, 1928 Armavir, North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | April 24, 2014 (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Title | People's Artist of the USSR (1979) |
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He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1979. Other positions held by him include the board member of the Union of Soviet Composers, Armenian Composer's Union secretary since 1983, and the Vice-President of All-Soviet Musical Society of the USSR. He is the uncle of his namesake Constantine Orbelian.
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