“That Amazing Armen Budaghyan”

Authors

  • Sahenik Hakob Maghaqyan Yerevan State Conservatory

Keywords:

Armen Budaghyan, Schoolchildren Philharmony, Yerevan Conservatory, History of Armenian Music

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Armen Budagyan, the Distinguished Art Worker of the Republic of Armenia, an outstanding professor at YSK. With great respect and gratitude, the author writes about the renowned musicologist, a man who completely devoted himself to art, who has written several books about Armenian musicians. The article is emphasizing the place and the importance of Budaghyan's work for Armenian musicology. An attempt was made to introduce the author's point of view on A. Budagyan as a person fully devoted to his people, a true patriot, a tireless activist who initiated numerous programs concerning public life of Armenia.

Author Biography

Sahenik Hakob Maghaqyan, Yerevan State Conservatory

(born on March 26, 1963, in Yerevan). In 1981 she ended SSMSh after Tchaikovsky with the Gold medal (G. Ayvazyan's class), in 1986 she graduated from the conservatory (a class of prof. V. V. Sargsyan). From 1986 to 2003 worked as a teacher of piano in the musical school after A. Eqimyan. Since 1993 in YSC she is a concertmaster at the department of wind instruments. From 1999 to 2001 she studied in postgraduate study in YSC (class of the prof. Z.Zaqaryan). Since 2003 teaches in YSC, since 2013 she is a docent. Among her pupils and students, there are winners and students of republican and international competitions. Participated as a concertmaster in the international festivals devoted to A. Khachaturyan (2003), A. Terteryan (2004). In republican competitions of wind instruments she has been awarded with diplomas and certificates, repeatedly participated in the international competition festival "Renaissance" in Gyumri (all soloists are winners); the international competition of vocalists after V. V. Barsova in Sochi (D. Avetisyan got a diploma). She had solo concerts with soloists-wind players, which took place in Moscow in Academy of Gnesiny (the soloist, the singer, the prof. of YSC, the laureate of international competition of M. Hovsepyan), the thematic evenings devoted to G. Sviridov, M. Tariverdiev, etc. Together with M. Hovsepyan has executed a cycle of concerts "The Russian vocal music". The first performer concertmaster of S. Aznauryan' works - a vocal cycle on verses of M. Sargsyan devoted to Lusine Zaqaryan and monooperas "Hope" (soloist M.Ovsepyan). In 2014 at the first time presented in the Union of composers S. Aznauryan's opera of "Chikareli's Adventure". Author of articles: "About the modest person and the bright musician" (//Musical Armenia No. 4 (35) 2009 o p. 56-58), "A vocal cycle of V. Babayan, "Autmn in Kiso's mountains" (/the Bulletin of the Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas 2011-2012, 8-9.1, p. 63-74), "Piano "images" " in the mono opera of the Sofa Aznauryan "Hope" (in the same place, p. 74-82), the oboist's Portrait//Musical Armenia No. 1-2 (40-41), 2011. p. 83-86), "Stars of the Slovak opera in Armenia" (//Musician (Yerazhist) No. 9, 2014. p. 6), "Unfinished dialogue" (//Musician (Yerazhist) No. 10, 2014 p. 7).

Published

2021-10-09

How to Cite

Maghaqyan С. А. (2021). “That Amazing Armen Budaghyan”. Musical Armenia, 1(60), 48–51. Retrieved from https://yerazhshtakanhayastan.am/index.php/ma/article/view/54

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