KHACHATURIAN (Documentary, 2003)
Composer: Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich
Khachaturian
Television Director: Rosen, Peter
Bogosian, Eric
Composer: Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich
Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductor: Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Composer: Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich
Piano Concerto
Conductor: Tjeknavorian, Loris
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Serviarian-Kuhn, Dora
cello:
Rostropovich, Mstislav
Narrator:
Bogosian, Eric
piano:
Serviarian-Kuhn, Dora
Year of Production: 2003
Playing Time: 02:14:31
Catalogue Number: EuroArts5827
UPC: 880242582782
This film is about the life of a composer creating in the darkness of a tragic era. As we will see, like most Soviet citizens, Khachaturian hid a complex private life behind a mask of Communist loyalty. Khachaturian was the President of the powerful Composer's Union of the Soviet Union, and as a communist party functionary wielded great influence over the course of Russian music. However, he was also a comrade and personal friend to the dissident composers of the time ?EUR" Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and others. This documentary shows the fine line a man had to tread between being a loyal party functionary on the one hand, and a fighter for artistic freedom on the other.
