Konstantin orbelyan biography definition
Born in , Konstantin Orbelyan was a talented composer of classical music (symphony, ballet, chamber ensemble), jazz and popular songs, and the recipient of.
Konstantin Orbelyan, Armenian musician (), Konstantin Aghaparoni Orbelyan, In more languages, Spanish, Konstantín Orbelián, músico armenio..
1928
Born on July 29 in Armavir, Russia
1933
Enrolled in prestigious Baku Conservatoire Musical School for gifted children
1936
Father, Agaparon Sultanovich Orbelian arrested and executed during the Stalin’s political repressions.
1938
Mother, Sofia Mikhailovna Atarbekova is arrested and sentenced to serve five years in a corrective labor camp. Konstantin and his older brother Harry become social outcasts, the so-called “children of the enemies of the people”.
1939
Konstantin is expelled from the Musical School and becomes a musical accompanist to gymnasts in a sporting society. Harry works as a teacher.
1940
Harry Orbelian drafted into the Soviet Army.
1941
World War II begins.
1942
Konstantin works as a pianist and accordionist in a flying school jazz band.
1943
Konstantin is “discovered” by the Armenian jazz musicians during the band’s tour in Yerevan, Armenia.
Practically without any audition, he is invited to play in the Arm