Gayane Gayane's Adagio - Music

Gayane Gayane's Adagio by Aram Ilich Khachaturian

Aram Ilich Khachaturian

Artist Biography For Aram Ilich Khachaturian

Aram Ilich Khachaturian 1903-1978 Was Born To A Poor Armenian Familiy In Imperial Russia. He Had Next To No Musical Education But Such Great Talent That He Was Discovered And Trained By Mikhail Gnessin At The Gnessin Institute. In 1929 He Was Accepted Into The Moscow Conservatory Where He Met His Future Wife Nina Makarova. As A Young Child Khachaturian Was Fasinated By Traditional Armenian Tunes And Much Of His Music Is Inspired By Such. His Works Include Concertos For Violin Cello Flute And Piano Concerto-Rhapsodies For The Same Instruments Three Symphonies And The Ballets Spartak AKA Spartacus And Gayane Music Of Which Was Used In Stanley Kubrick’s Film 2001 A Space Odyssey . The Latter Ballet Features In Its Final Act What Is Probably His Most Famous Movement The “Sabre Dance.” He Also Composed Some Film Music And Incidental Music For Plays Such As The 1941 Production Of Mikhail Lermontov’s Masquerade. The Cinematic Quality Of His Music For Spartacus Was Clearly Seen When It Was Used As The Theme For A Popular BBC Drama Series The Onedin Line During The 1970s. Since Then It Has Become One Of The Most Popular Of All Classical Pieces For UK Audiences. Joel Coen’s The Hudsucker Proxy Also Prominently Featured Music From Spartacus And Gayane Sabre Dance Included Mixed With The Original Compositions By Carter Burwell. He Was Also The Composer For The State Anthem Of The Armenian SSR Whose Tune Is One Of The Five Current Choices To Become The Next State Anthem Of Armenia. The Climax Of Spartacus’ Second Movement Was Also Used In Ice Age The Meltdown. This Composer's Name Is Listed Here In This Format Including The Patronymic 'Ilich' For Anyone Who Wants To See It Appear In English In Their Track Lists. If You Merely Tag Your Music As 'Aram Khacturian' Last.Fm Tends To Auto-Translate That Into Fluent Armenian So Your Tracks Will Appear As Belonging To "Արամ Խաչատրյան" Or Be Linked To A Page With That Version Of His Name As Its Headline... Which Is Great If You're Armenian But Is Perhaps Less Useful If You're Not.