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Geghuni Chitchyan or Chitchian (Armenian: Գեղունի Հովհաննեսի Չթչյան; Russian: Гегуни Оганесовна Читчян; born 30 August 1929) is an Armenian composer, pianist, and pedagogue.[1] Her parents were veteran teachers; her brother, Henrikh, an established violinist.

Geghuni Chitchyan
Geghuni Chitchyan in 2006
Background information
Birth nameGeghuni Chitchyan
Born (1929-08-30) August 30, 1929 (age 93)
Leninakan
GenresClassical music
Occupation(s)Composer, pianist, educator

Biography


Chitchyan was born on 30 August 1929 in Leninakan (now Gyumri). While attending the Tigranian Elementary School of Music, she began composing. At the age of ten she had already a published song. In 1940, she entered the Tchaikovsky Music School in Yerevan to study piano and composition. She continued her studies in composition with Grigor Yeghiazaryan from 1947 to 1953 at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.[2]

After graduating, Chitchyan became the founding director of the composition department at the Konstantin Sarajev Music School in Yerevan. In 1971 she joined the faculty of the Yerevan Conservatory. In 1982 she was appointed assistant professor, and in 1990 she became a tenured professor.

Edvard Mirzoyan, Şahan Arzruni, Geghuni Chitchyan, Alexander Arutiunian in front of Aram Khachaturian's portrait
Edvard Mirzoyan, Şahan Arzruni, Geghuni Chitchyan, Alexander Arutiunian in front of Aram Khachaturian's portrait

Chitchyan has been active in various musical and social organizations. She joined the Armenian Composers Union in 1955; was an associate of the Women's Council of Armenia; and a member of the Artistic Forum of State Radio.[3] She is the author of training manuals for music institutes and the co-author of a music textbook for school children.

Chitchyan's compositions have been performed in the United States, Canada, Russia, various Republics of the Soviet Union, England, France, Switzerland, Latvia, Poland, Bulgaria, Lebanon, and Syria.[4] There have been retrospective concerts of her music in Moscow, Yerevan, San Francisco, and Vilnius.[5]

Geghuni Chitchyan is the laureate in more than 30 international and national competitions.


Compositions


Chitchyan's music is characterized by lyricism, immediacy, and vividness. She composes for orchestra, chamber ensembles, various solo instruments, voice, and choral groups,[6] some of which are published by international companies.[7] She has written music for the theatre and children as well.[8]


Selected works



Awards



References


  1. Khudabashyan, Karine (1980). "Չթչյան, Գեղունի [Chitchyan, Geghuni]". Հայկական սովետական համայնագիտարան [Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia]. Vol. 9. Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopedia. p. 978.
  2. Hixon, Donald L.; Hennessee, Don A. (1993). Women in music: an encyclopedic biobibliography: Volume 1.
  3. "Geghuni Chitchian". Classical Music Home. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 5.
  5. "The works of Armenian composer Geghuni Chitchian sounded in Vilnius". News. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  6. Grigoryan, Anahit (1982). Հայկական կամիրային-վոկալ երաժշտութիւն [Armenian Chamber-Vocal Music]. Yerevan: Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR. pp. 210–219.
  7. "Geghuni Chitchyan". Composers. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  8. Simonyan, Tsoghik (1973). Գեղունի Չթչյանը՝ մանուկներին [Geghuni Chitchyan for Children]. Yerevan: Ministry of Culture of the Armenian SSR.

Further reading



На других языках


[de] Geghuni Tschittschjan

Geghuni Tschittschjan (armenisch Գեղունի Չիտչյան, Geghuni Tschittschjan; russisch Гегуни Оганесовна Читчян, Geguni Oganessowna Tschittschjan, wiss. Transliteration Geguni Oganesovna Čitčjan; Schreibweise des Nachnamens auch Chitchyan oder Chitchian; * 30. August 1929 in Leninakan, heute Gjumri, Armenische SSR, Sowjetunion, heute Armenien) ist eine armenische Komponistin.
- [en] Geghuni Chitchyan



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