Sergei Aslamazyan

Sergei Aslamazyan Սերգեյ Ասլամազյան
Born	27 January 1897 [O.S. 15 January] Mozdok, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire
Died	March 4, 1996(1996-03-04) (aged 64–65) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Genres	Classical
Occupations	Cellist Composer
Instrument	Cello

Sergei Zakari Aslamazyan^[a] (27 January 1897 [O.S. 15 January] – 27 September 1978) was a Soviet Armenian cellist, composer, People's Artist of Armenian SSR (1945), awarded the Stalin Prize (1946). He was a co-founder and a member of Komitas Quartet from 1925 to 1968. He was the author of quartet versions of Komitas works. From 1947 he was a professor at Moscow State Conservatory.

Selected works

• Melodie for viola and piano
• Suite on Armenian Folk Songs for string quartet (1950)
• Variations on a Theme by Paganini for string quartet (1961)

Notes

1. • Armenian: Սերգեյ Զաքարի Ասլամազյան, romanized: Sergey Zakʻari Aslamazyan
   • Russian: Сергей Захарович Асламазян, romanized: Sergey Zakharovich Aslamazyan
   • Sometimes given as Aslamazian