Aram Khachaturian / Sabre Dance from the ballet “Gayaneh” Evgeny Svetlanov /The State Symphony Orchestra of The U.S.S.R. / 1987 | Life & Joy - Music & Icons

Rare footage of Aram Khachaturian playing ‘Andantino’—today marks his 122nd birth anniversary 🇦🇲 June 6 marks the 122nd birth anniversary of Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978), the legendary Armenian composer whose music bridged Armenian folk traditions with Western classical forms. Born in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia), Khachaturian moved to Moscow in 1921, where he studied at the Gnessin Musical Institute and the Moscow Conservatory under Nikolai Myaskovsky. Despite beginning his musical educatio