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Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, also known as Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory (YKSC) or Yerevan State Conservatory (YSC), is a state-owned college of music located in Yerevan, Armenia. The institute was founded in 1921 as a music studio. In 1923, it was turned into a higher musical education institution. It is named after Komitas, the founder of the Armenian national school of music.
Karen Sargsyan is an Armenian choirmaster and conductor.
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Alexander Afanasyevich Spendiarov was a Russian composer and conductor of Armenian descent, founder of Armenian national symphonic music.
The Alexander Spendiaryan National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, simply known by locals as Opera, is an opera theatre in Yerevan. It officially opened on 20 January 1933, with a performance of Alexander Spendiaryan's opera Almast as its first show. The opera building was designed by architect Alexander Tamanian. It consists of two concert halls: the Aram Khatchaturian Concert Hall with 1,400 seats and the Alexander Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet National Theatre with 1,200 seats.
Armenian opera is the art of opera in Armenia or opera by Armenian composers. The founder of the Armenian operatic tradition was Tigran Chukhajian (1837–98), who was born in Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and received his musical education in Milan, where he became a great admirer of Verdi. He was a political and musical nationalist who mixed Western and Armenian influences in his work. His Arshak Erkrord is regarded as the first Armenian opera. It was written in 1868 but had to wait until 1945 for a full staging. The libretto, by Tovmas Terzian, is based on the life of the 4th-century king Arsaces II. Chukhadjian's other operas include Arifi khardakhutyune ; Zemire (1891), which was written in Turkish and premiered in Constantinople; as well as Kyose Kyokhva, Lelebidj and Indiana.
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Inga and Anush Ashoti Arshakyan or the Arshakyan Sisters are an Armenian folk singing duo. The sisters represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, eventually finishing in 10th place in the final.
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Arthur Elbakyan is an Armenian actor, theater, movie, television director, television host, producer. Elbakyan has played over 30 leading roles and is author and host of over 100 television shows.
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Anush Aslibekyan is an Armenian theater critic, novelist, playwright. Member of the Writers Union of Armenia (2012) and National Theatrical Creative Union. In 2018 Aslibekyan got her PhD in arts. Aslibekyan's works have been translated into Polish, German, Greek and Russian.
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