Konstantin Orbelyan
Կոնստանտին Օրբելյան
Born(1928-07-29)July 29, 1928
Armavir, North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
DiedApril 24, 2014(2014-04-24) (aged 85)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Composer
  • pianist
TitlePeople's Artist of the USSR (1979)
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)

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.[1]

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.[2]

Discography

  • "Государственный эстрадный оркестр Армении п/у Константина Орбеляна" (1968)

As composer

References

  1. ↑ "Armenian musician Konstantin Orbelyan dies at 85". Tert.am. 2014-04-24. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. ↑ http://moscowchamberorchestra.com/co_biography.html Harry's younger brother, Konstantin, who was only 11 when the two boys were cast out on the street upon the arrest of their parents, was a talented pianist who managed to get a job playing the piano in the circus at that tender age. He eventually became a leading composer of popular songs and film scores in Russia.
  3. ↑ Delos description of CD ; Naxos - lists work as Konstantin Orbelian's.
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