Sergei Aslamazyan

{{Short description|Armenian musician}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Sergei Aslamazyan

| native_name_lang = hy

| native_name = {{nobold|Սերգեյ Ասլամազյան}}

| birth_date = {{OldStyleDateDY|27 January|1897|15 January}}

| birth_place = Mozdok, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|09|28|1897|01|15}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| occupation = {{flatlist|

| genre = Classical

| instrument = Cello

}}

Sergei Zakari Aslamazyan{{efn|name=spelling|{{bulleted list|{{langx|hy|Սերգեյ Զաքարի Ասլամազյան|{{transliteration|hy|ALA|Sergey Zakʻari Aslamazyan}}}}|{{langx|ru|Сергей Захарович Асламазян|{{transliteration|ru|Sergey Zakharovich Aslamazyan}}}}|Sometimes given as Aslamazian}}}} ({{OldStyleDateDY|27 January|1897|15 January}}{{snd}}27 September 1978) was a Soviet Armenian cellist, composer, People's Artist of Armenian SSR (1945), awarded the Stalin Prize (1946). He was a co-founder and a member of Komitas Quartet from 1925 to 1968. He was the author of quartet versions of Komitas works. From 1947 he was a professor at Moscow State Conservatory.

Selected works

  • Melodie for viola and piano
  • Suite on Armenian Folk Songs for string quartet (1950)
  • Variations on a Theme by Paganini for string quartet (1961)

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