🎶 Historical Footage Series. 🎼 Aram Khachaturian playing his own Sabre Dance. It’s always impressive to see a composer playing his music. The sabre dance is from his ballet Gayane (1942). Khachaturian was born in Armenia, and his love for Central Asian folk music shows in many of his compositions: « I grew up in an atmosphere rich in folk music: popular festivities, rites, joyous and sad events in the life of the people always accompanied by music, the vivid tunes of Armenian, Azerbaijani and

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