Karen Khachaturyan
Sound
Born
19 September 1920 (105)
Place of Birth
Moscow, USSR
Also known as
Karen Surenovich Khachaturyan, Karen Hacaturijan
Biography
Karen S. Khachaturian (19 September 1920 — July 19, 2011) — was Soviet and Russian composer and teacher. People's artist of the RSFSR (1981). Laureate of the State prize of the USSR (1976). Laureate of the State prize of Russia (2001). A member of the CPSU since 1952.
