Tatul Altunyan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tatul Altunyan

Armenian conductor

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1901

Place of Birth: Adana, Turkey

Date of Death: 29-Nov-1973

Profession: conductor, musicologist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Tatul Tigrani Altunyan (Altunian) (Armenian: ?????? ??????? ?????????; October 2 (15), 1901, Adana, Adana Vilayet, Ottoman Empire - November 29, 1973, Yerevan, Armenia) was an Armenian conductor, the founder of Armenian State Song-Dance Ensemble (currently named after him), People's Artist of USSR (1965), recipient of the State Prize of the USSR (1950) and university professor. Altunyan was the student of Romanos Melikian and Spiridon Melikian.
In 1934, after graduating from the Yerevan State Conservatory, he studied at the Leningrad State Conservatory.
Altunyan founded the Armenian National Song and Dance Ensemble in 1938, and acted as its principal conductor, giving performances around the world, until 1970.
The ensemble is remembered as a "perfect illustration of the beauty of traditional Armenian music".Altunyan died in 1973 and is buried at the Tokhmakh Cemetery in Yerevan, along with his wife Olga Altunyan.
He is the father of Armenian conductor Zhirayr Altunyan.