Tatul Altunyan

Tatul Tigrani Altunyan (Altunian) (October 2 (15), 1901, Adana, Adana Vilayet, Ottoman Empire - November 29, 1973, Yerevan) was an Armenian conductor, the founder of Armenian song-dance state ensemble (currently named after him). People's Artist of USSR (1965), State Prize of the USSR (1950), Professor.

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Altunyan was the student of Romanos Melikian and Spiridon Melikian. He finished the Yerevan State Conservatory, then in 1934 - the Leningrad State Conservatory. In 1938 Altunyan founded Armenian choir, that gave performances around the world until the 1980s. It is remembered as a "perfect illustration of the beauty of traditional Armenian music".

He is buried at Yerevan's Tokhmakh Cemetery together with Olga Altumyan.