After extensive research on composers from the 20th century, I landed on a unique Armenian composer. Aram Il'yich Khachaturian was a composer born in the capital of Georgia, a country that connects Europe with Asia. For this composer I will take you through the his life in a timeline format starting with his birth and education through his introduction into music, his works and influences and his recognition in this world. I will also talk about some of the awards he was granted for his works.
On June 6, 1903, Aram Il'yich Kachaturian was born in the suburb Kodzori in the capital of Georgia, Tbillisi. He was born to father Ilya Voskanovich Ter-Khachaturian and mother Kumash Sarkisovna Ter-Khachaturian. Throughout his childhood, he grew up with a father that bound books for a living eventually leading to a business of his own in which he still bound books. In Aram Kachaturian's childhood, he grew up with three other brothers as well as a sister of whom he was the youngest and eventually ended up in a boarding school which specialized children into becoming merchants.
During his early teen years he enrolled in the Tiflis Commercial School. During his time there, he was an amateur in his schools brass band. …show more content…
During his early career he became part of the Composers Union of Moscow in which he was a deputy chairman which ultimately ended up with him becoming part of the Communist Party. This was now a era of war, and it was also the era of Kachaturian. During the years surrounding World War II, Kachaturian became on of the more productive composers. He had visited Armenia and studied fold music from his homeland as well as folk dance music. He took all the knowledge about music and dance he learned from his homeland and combined into a piece in which he shortly after composed his firs ballet which became known as