Barsegh Kanachyan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Barsegh Kanachyan

Armenian musician

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1885

Place of Birth: Tekirdağ, Turkey

Date of Death: 21-May-1967

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: Lebanon

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Parsegh Ganatchian (in Armenian ?????? ????????, pronounced Barsegh Kanachyan in Eastern Armenian) (born in Tekirdag, Ottoman Empire, April 17, 1885 – died in Beirut, Lebanon, May 21, 1967) was a Lebanese-Armenian composer and conductor.
He most notably arranged the music to "Mer Hayrenik", the Armenian national anthem, as well as to a famous traditional Armenian lullaby "Oror Im Palas" (in Armenian ???? ?? ?????).
He is founder and director/conductor of "Knar" wind orchestra and the "Gusan" (in Western Armenian "Kousan") choirs in Istanbul and the similarly named "Gusan" choir (1933 -1961) in Beirut.
He was awarded with the National Order of the Cedar, a high Lebanese presidential award for promoting friendship between the Armenian and Lebanese peoples.