Iosif Andriasov

Who is Iosif Andriasov?

Iosif Arshakovich Andriasov, also Ovsep Andreasian, was a composer-symphonist, a moral philosopher, and a teacher.

Andriasov was born in Moscow on April 7, 1933, to an Armenian family. He is a graduate of Moscow Conservatory, where he studied composition with Professor Evgeny Golubev. In 1964, Andriasov became a member of the Union of Soviet Composers on the recommendation of Dmitri Shostakovich. The Head of the Armenian-Gregorian Church, Vazgen I, Catolikos of All Armenians, awarded Iosif Andriasov the Special Charter with Recognition and Blessing for his contributions to music and ethics. In 1974, for his Second Symphony, I. Andriasov won the Soviet Composers' Competition to present Soviet music at the USSR National Celebration. International Biographical Center of Cambridge, UK selects Iosif Andriasov, among two thousand of the world’s most prominent people, as the "International Man of the Year" for the Year 2000–2001 in recognition of his services to music and ethics. His wife is musicologist Marta Andriasova and son New York born composer Arshak Andriasov.