Sergey Balasanian

In this name that followsEastern Slavic naming customs,thepatronymicisArtemyevichand thefamily nameisBalasanian.

Sergey Artemyevich Balasanian(Russian:Серге́й Арте́мьевич Баласаня́н;13 August 1902 inAshgabat,Russian Empire– 13 June 1982Moscow,Russian SFSR) was a Soviet Armenian composer. He taught composition in theMoscow Conservatory.Balasanian wrote the firstTajikopera –The Uprising at Vosse(first staged in 1939). It was debuted in Moscow in 1941 as part of a 10-day exhibition of Tajik art.

Sergey Balasanian was awarded theStalin Prize(1949) and five orders. In 1957 he was decorated asPeople's Artist of the Tajik SSR,and in 1963 as Honored Art Worker of the Russian SFSR.

Works

• Sakuntala (ballet)
• The Uprising at Vosse (opera,1939)
• Blacksmith Kova (opera, 1941)
• Song of Anger (musical drama, 1942)
• Armenian Rhapsody (orchestral suite, 1944)
• Leyli and Majnun (ballet, 1947)
• Bakhtior and Nisso (opera, 1954)
• Afghan Pictures (symphonic cycle, 1959)
• Four Folk Songs of Africa (song cycle, 1961)
• Cello Sonata (1976)
• Across Armenia (1978)