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Khachaturian

American  
[kah-chuh-toor-ee-uhn, kach-uh-, khuh-chyuh-too-ryahn] / ˌkɑ tʃəˈtʊər i ən, ˌkætʃ ə-, xə tʃjə tuˈrjɑn /

noun

  1. Aram Ilich 1903–78, Armenian composer.


Khachaturian British  
/ xətʃətuˈrjan, ˌkɑːtʃəˈtʊərɪən /

noun

  1. Aram Ilich (ˈarəm iljˈjitʃ). 1903–78, Russian composer. His works, which often incorporate Armenian folk tunes, include a piano concerto and the ballets Gayaneh (1942) and Spartacus (1954)

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At the podium, she led the 50-strong orchestra through works by Austria's Franz Schubert, Finland's Jean Sibelius and the Soviet-Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian.

From Barron's Nov. 15, 2025

‘New Horizons’ Westside Ballet of Santa Monica’s annual spring concert features company members, student dancers and guest artists sharing the stage for a program set to music by Barber, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian, Strauss II, et al.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2022

“The Khachaturian Concerto is rarely done, but he believes so strongly in it — it’s going to be very special.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 11, 2018

“The BBC would come by and see what’s going on with the student body. I’d written a toccata in the style of Khachaturian, and they said, ‘Oh really?

From The New Yorker May 3, 2017

In the late 1960s, he made unreleased recordings of Rachmaninoff with the New York Philharmonic and Khachaturian with the Minneapolis Symphony.

From New York Times Apr. 29, 2013

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