Konstantin Orbelyan

Konstantin Aghaparonovich Orbelyan (Armenian: Կոնստանտին Օրբելյան; Russian: Константин Агапаронович Орбелян; July 29, 1928 – April 24, 2014) was an Armenian pianist, composer, head of the State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia.^[1]

Konstantin Orbelyan Կոնստանտին Օրբելյան
Born	(1928-07-29)July 29, 1928 Armavir, North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	April 24, 2014(2014-04-24) (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations	Composer pianist
Title	People's Artist of the USSR (1979)
Musical career
Genres	Jazz Chamber music Estrada
Instrument	Piano

He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1979. Other positions held by him included the board member of the Union of Soviet Composers, Armenian Composer's Union secretary since 1983, and the Vice-President of All-Soviet Musical Society of the USSR. He was the uncle of his namesake Constantine Orbelian.^[2]

Discography

• "Государственный эстрадный оркестр Армении п/у Константина Орбеляна" (1968)

As composer

• "Birch Whispers" (Russian: Шум берёз), sung by Dmitri Hvorostovsky on the 2005 Delos Records compilation "Moscow Nights" (conducted by Constantine Orbelian).^[3]