Composers

Tariverdiev, Mikael Leonovich

Tariverdiev, Mikael Leonovich

(15.08.1931 - 25.07.1996)
Country:Russia
Period:XX age
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Biography

Biography

He was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR to Armenian parents, but lived and worked in Russia. He graduated from Moscow Gnessin Institute (in the class of Aram Khachaturian).

He is an author of over 100 romances and 2 operas, including the comic opera Graf Cagliostro. But he is best known for his music in many popular Soviet movies (more than 130 films included "Seventeen Moments of Spring" and "The Irony of Fate").

Mikael Tariverdiev was a recipient of many awards, including the USSR State Prize (1977) and the prize of the American Music Academy (1975). He was made People's Artist of Russia in 1986. He won three Nika Awards for Best Composer in the 1990s .

The Best Music prize at the largest Russian national film festival Kinotaur is named after Tariverdiev. After the Tariverdiev's death a group of admirers of his music organized the Mikael Tariverdiev Charity Fund and Tariverdiev Annual International Organ Competition.

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Composers

Tariverdiev, Mikael Leonovich

Tariverdiev, Mikael Leonovich
15.08.1931 - 25.07.1996
Country:Russia
Period:XX age

Biography

Biography

He was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR to Armenian parents, but lived and worked in Russia. He graduated from Moscow Gnessin Institute (in the class of Aram Khachaturian).

He is an author of over 100 romances and 2 operas, including the comic opera Graf Cagliostro. But he is best known for his music in many popular Soviet movies (more than 130 films included "Seventeen Moments of Spring" and "The Irony of Fate").

Mikael Tariverdiev was a recipient of many awards, including the USSR State Prize (1977) and the prize of the American Music Academy (1975). He was made People's Artist of Russia in 1986. He won three Nika Awards for Best Composer in the 1990s .

The Best Music prize at the largest Russian national film festival Kinotaur is named after Tariverdiev. After the Tariverdiev's death a group of admirers of his music organized the Mikael Tariverdiev Charity Fund and Tariverdiev Annual International Organ Competition.

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