Conductor, pedagogue, People\u2019s Artist of RA
Worked with Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra as the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor in 1970-1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aram Katanyan graduated from Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory class of Constantine Saradjian in 1950. He has been the conductor of the Radio Symphonic Orchestra in Sverdlovsk. Since 1958 has been a conductor at Yerevan Opera Theatre, from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1982 has been the Principal Conductor of the same theatre. He staged I. Stravinsky\u2019s Opera-Oratorio \u201cOedipus Rex\u201d, L. Bernstein\u2019s Musical Drama \u201cWestside Story\u201d, Vincenzo Bellini\u2019s Opera \u201cNorma\u201d, Jan Carlo Menotti\u2019s Opera \u201cConsul\u201d, as well as Aram Khachaturian\u2019s \u201cSpartacus\u201d, Ed. Hovhannisyan\u2019s \u201cEternal Idol\u201d, Grigor Yeghiazaryan\u2019s \u201cThe Lake of Dreams\u201d and \u201cAra the Beautiful and Shamiram\u201d, Alexander Arutiunian\u2019s \u201cSayat Nova\u201d and many other works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the years of the work with the APO Katanyan presented Mahler\u2019s Symphony No.4, \u201cHarold in Italy\u201d Symphony by Mahler, modern works by European, Russian and Armenian composers. On November 5, 1970 the newly laced organ at Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall was presented for the first time with performing of Symphony No.3 by Aram Khachaturian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":59808,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"class_list":["post-59807","art-director","type-art-director","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n