Adam Khudoyan

Composer

1921 – 2000

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Who was Adam Khudoyan?

Adam Geghami Khudoyan was an Armenian composer, awarded by the Renowned Activist of the Arts of Armenia official title.

He finished the Yerevan State Conservatory in 1945. He directed the Composer's House of Armenia, was the secretary of the Composer's Union of Armenia. Khudoyan composed three cello sonatas, cello duo sonata and cello nostalgia. In 1961 he wrote "Sonata for Cello Solo No. 1".

Shahan Ardzruni wrote: "I personally find strong parallels between Khudoyan's approach to music and that of Mussorgsky. Like Mussorgsky, Khudoyan employed chordal progressions that are unusual, unbounded, even unacceptable to the traditional rules of harmony.

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Born
Feb 21, 1921
Armenia
Died
2000

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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