Khachaturian

American  

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

noun

1. Aram Ilich 1903–78, Armenian composer.

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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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Example Sentences

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

After winning a war, Chaereas — the battle scene between him and Dionysius, set to Khachaturian’s invigorating “Sabre Dance,” is a thriller of sound and choreographic texture — finds his way back to her.

From New York Times

‘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

And the Beethoven is there because some presenters think he is easier to promote than Khachaturian?

From New York Times

On April 2, the Bolshoi performed Aram Khachaturian’s “Spartacus,” a 1956 ballet about “the liberation of the oppressed,” Mr. Morrison said, meant to chime with “the ideological principles of the Soviet Union.”

From New York Times