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Composer Levon Chaushian dies aged 75

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Armenia – Feb 18 2022


Famous composer and Honored Artist of Armenia Levon Chaushian has passed away at the age of 75, the Composers Union of Armenia said on Friday, extending its condolences to the composer’s family and fans.

Chaushian was born in 1946 in Yerevan. In 1969 he graduated from the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, majoring in composition in the class of Edvard Mirzoyan. In 1970 he studied piano with Georgi Sarajev. In 1972 he completed his post-graduate studies.

Chaushian participated in many music festivals and got numerous diplomas. In 1988 his String Quartet No. 3 was performed at the International Festival in Leningrad.

From 1986 to 1991, he was the vice-president of the Composers Union. Since 1994, he served as the chairman of the Armenian Composers Assembly, established by him.

His works were performed in the U.S., Belgium, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Portugal, Bulgaria and Greece.

In 2021 Levon Chaushian was awarded the Movses Khorenatsi Medal.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS