COMPOSER

Karen Khachaturian

1920 - 2011

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Karen Surenovich Khachaturian (Russian: Карэн Суренович Хачатурян, Armenian: Կարեն Խաչատրյան) (Moscow, 19 September 1920 – Moscow, 19 July 2011) was a Soviet and Russian composer of Armenian ethnicity and the nephew of composer Aram Khachaturian. Khachaturian was born in Moscow, the son of Suren Khachaturian, a theatrical director. His studies under Genrikh Litinsky at the Moscow Conservatory were interrupted by a term of duty in the entertainment division of the Red Army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karen Khachaturian has received more than 58,786 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Karen Khachaturian is the 1,025th most popular composer (down from 955th in 2019), the 1,477th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,291st in 2019) and the 48th most popular Russian Composer.

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  • 50.13

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Karen Khachaturian ranks 1,025 out of 1,451. Before him are Nikolai Roslavets, Lorenzo Perosi, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Yuri Shaporin, Aulis Sallinen, and Richard Addinsell. After him are Robert Gerhard, Vasily Safonov, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Daniel Gottlob Türk, Kevin MacLeod, and Christopher Hogwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Karen Khachaturian ranks 263. Before him are Gabrielle Wittkop, Franjo Mihalić, Stéphanos II Ghattas, Nadir Afonso, Anna Langfus, and Anton Malatinský. After him are André Simon, Bengt Ekerot, Karel Píč, Musa Anter, Alfredo II, and Andrée Chedid. Among people deceased in 2011, Karen Khachaturian ranks 230. Before him are James Arness, Andrzej Lepper, Hidemaro Watanabe, Ricky Bruch, Tore Sjöstrand, and Nat Lofthouse. After him are Ulrich Biesinger, Karl Aage Præst, Lilian Jackson Braun, Andrée Chedid, Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, and Nilla Pizzi.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Karen Khachaturian ranks 1,477 out of 3,761. Before him are Yury of Zvenigorod (1374), Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (1908), Ivan Shmelyov (1873), Aulis Sallinen (1935), Aleksey Krylov (1863), and Dmitry Senyavin (1763). After him are Aleksandra Chudina (1923), Elsa Brändström (1888), Andrey Lukanov (1938), Joseph Bové (1784), Lidiya Skoblikova (1939), and Vladimir Gilyarovsky (1853).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Karen Khachaturian ranks 48. Before him are Galina Ustvolskaya (1919), Hermann Goetz (1840), Vissarion Shebalin (1902), Ivan Larionov (1830), Nikolai Roslavets (1881), and Aulis Sallinen (1935). After him are Alexander Serov (1820), Sergei Vasilenko (1872), Nicolas Slonimsky (1894), Valeri Brainin (1948), Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936), and Andrey Petrov (1930).

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