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Aram Khachaturian

1903 - 1978

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Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; Russian: Арам Ильич Хачатурян, IPA: [ɐˈram ɨˈlʲjitɕ xətɕɪtʊˈrʲan] ; Armenian: Արամ Խաչատրյան, Aram Xačatryan; 6 June [O.S. 24 May] 1903 – 1 May 1978) was a Soviet Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Soviet composers. Born and raised in Tbilisi (now the capital of Georgia), Khachaturian moved to Moscow in 1921 following the Sovietization of the Caucasus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aram Khachaturian has received more than 1,344,115 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Aram Khachaturian is the 54th most popular composer (up from 57th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Georgia and the most popular Georgian Composer.

Aram Khachaturian is most famous for his composition "Sabre Dance" which was featured in the film "Lawrence of Arabia."

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Aram Khachaturian ranks 54 out of 1,216Before him are Erik Satie, Anton Bruckner, Carl Orff, Arnold Schoenberg, Jean-Philippe Rameau, and Orlande de Lassus. After him are Domenico Scarlatti, Vincenzo Bellini, Mikis Theodorakis, Georg Philipp Telemann, Edward Elgar, and Astor Piazzolla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Aram Khachaturian ranks 3Before him are George Orwell and John von Neumann. After him are Theodor W. Adorno, Konrad Lorenz, Olav V of Norway, Georges Simenon, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, John Dillinger, Vladimir Horowitz, Mark Rothko, and Kane Tanaka. Among people deceased in 1978, Aram Khachaturian ranks 4Before him are Pope John Paul I, Pope Paul VI, and Golda Meir. After him are Kurt Gödel, Aldo Moro, Jacques Brel, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Giorgio de Chirico, Adolf Dassler, Mohammed Daoud Khan, and Ramón Mercader.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Aram Khachaturian ranks 3 out of 342Before him are Joseph Stalin (1879) and Darius the Great (-550). After him are Eduard Shevardnadze (1928), Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893), Tamar of Georgia (1166), Shota Rustaveli (1172), Halime Sultan (1576), Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907), Nona Gaprindashvili (1941), Pyotr Bagration (1765), and Tigran Petrosian (1929).

Among COMPOSERS In Georgia

Among composers born in Georgia, Aram Khachaturian ranks 1After him are Zacharia Paliashvili (1871), Lev Knipper (1898), Mikael Tariverdiev (1931), Edvard Mirzoyan (1921), and Vano Muradeli (1908).