Masquerade Suite by Aram Khachaturian is a well-known orchestral suite composed in 1941. It was originally written as incidental music for Mikhail Lermontov's play Masquerade, which is a tragic drama about love, betrayal, and fate in Russian high society. About the Suite: Khachaturian later arranged the music into a five-movement orchestral suite, which has since become one of his most famous works. The five movements are: 1. Waltz – The most famous piece in the suite, a grand and melancholic wa

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