Stepan Shakaryan


Stepan Grigori Shakaryan was an Armenian jazz and classical composer, pianist, People's Artist of the Republic of Armenia, and professor at Yerevan State Conservatory.

Biography

Stepan Shakaryan was born on 23 October 1935, in Baku. In 1952 he moved to Yerevan. In 1954 he entered Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. In 1956 he met Aram Khachaturian and was transferred to the Moscow Gnesin Institute, then finished Leningrad Conservatory. In 1964 he returned to Yerevan and in 1965 he won the Yerevan Jazz Festival's Gold medal. He was the composer of Sergei Parajanov's "Hakob Hovnatanyan" and "Pingvinashen" Armenian cartoon.
He was the founder and from 1986 to 1990 the Head of the Soloists Jazz Ensemble of the Radio Committee. Since 1992, he taught at Yerevan State Conservatory. In 2009, Stepan Shakaryan's CD "The Moon on the Mountain" was included in the "Armenian Jazz 70" collection.

Works

Symphonic works