Arno Babajanyan as a Descendant of the Khachaturian School

Abstract

The author of the article presents the encounters between Arno Babajanyan and Aram Khachaturian, and the guidelines in the life and creative sphere of Arno Babajanyan offered by the genius Aram Khachaturian. These include his advice during Babajanyan 's childhood, later in his youth, and subsequently during his study years in Moscow. Khachaturian 's influence on Babajanyan ’s creative process is analyzed in terms of genre, structure and stylistic aspects of his works.