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Tariverdiev
12+ albums
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Mikael Leonovich Tariverdiev (1931-1996) was a prominent Russian composer of Armenian descent. He headed the Composers' Guild of the Soviet Cinematographers' Union from its inception and is most famous for his movie scores, primarily the score to 'Seventeen Moments of Spring'. Many of his works are credited to Mikael Tariverdiev, but the best known compilation of his film music released in the western world, 2015's Film Music, was formally credited to Tariverdiev (just his second name), which explains why both names co-exist here on Last.fm. Mikael Tariverdiev was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, to Armenian parents, but lived and worked in Russia. His father, Levon Tariverdiev, was from Baku but a native of Nagorno-Karabakh. His mother, Satenik, was Georgian Armenian. He studied at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan for two years and then graduated from the Moscow Gnessin Institute in the class of Aram Khachaturian in 1957. Tariverdiev wrote over 100 romances and four operas, including the comic opera Count Cagliostro and the mono-opera "The Waiting". However, he is mostly known for his scores to many popular Soviet movies (more than 130 in total), including "Seventeen Moments of Spring" and "The Irony of Fate". He received many awards, including the USSR State Prize in 1977 and the Prize of the American Music Academy in 1975. In 1986 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia. In 1990, he won three Nika Awards for Best Composer. The Best Music prize at
