YEREVAN, APRIL 11, ARMENPRESS: The director of Yeghishe Charents Museum in Yerevan, Henrik Bakhshinian, told Armenpress that after a major repair the museum, which features the life and the works of prominent Armenian poet, will open a special center for studying the legacy of American-Armenian composer Alan Hovhaness.
Alan Hovhannes became acclaimed for his talent to meld Western and Asian musical styles creating a unique melodic blend of his own. He died in June 2000 at the age 89.
Hovhaness wrote more than 400 pieces, including at least nine operas, two ballets, more than 60 symphonies, and more than 100 chamber pieces.
He was born Alan Vaness Chamakjian, in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1911. His mother was Scottish and his father, an Armenian chemistry professor.
His early compositions were thoroughly Western. But the influences of Eastern musical styles became more evident after he attended Bohuslav Martinu’s master class in composition in 1942 at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood.
Hovhaness was the first Western composer asked to write music for an orchestra comprised entirely of Indian instruments.
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