Susanna Amatuni
Susanna Amatuni in 2000
Born
Shushanik Amatuni

28 February 1924
Yerevan, Armenia
Died20 March 2010(2010-03-20) (aged 86)
Yerevan, Armenia
Resting placeGyumri, Armenia
NationalityArmenian
EducationGnesin Music and Pedagogy Institute
Occupation(s)Musicologist, teacher, professor
Years active1943-2010

Susanna (Shushanik) Amatuni (Armenian: Շուշանիկ (Սուսաննա) Բակենի Ամատունի, February 28, 1924, Yerevan - March 20, 2010, Yerevan) was a Soviet Armenian art critic, musicologist, Dr. of Arts (1988), professor (1997), Honored Teacher of the USSR(1966).

Amatuni Susanna, Geghuni Chitchyan et al.

Biography

Susanna (Shushanik) Babken Amatuni was born in 1924 in Yerevan, Armenia. In 1943 she graduated from Shirak State University in Leninakan, Armenia, Physics and Math Department and in 1944 Kara-Murza Music College in Leninakan. She studied in Gnesin Music and Pedagogy Institute, Theory and Composition Department which was considered the hardest one there. In 1951 she returned to Armenia and until 1968 taught theoretical subjects at Chaikovsky Music School, Yerevan. In 1961 she was invited to teach in Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan where she devised her own unique method and taught a special course of Music Analysis for the Theory Department. In addition to this subject S.B. Amatuni taught Piano Teaching Method and other courses. In 1988 she was honored Doctor of Arts for her monograph "Arno Babajanian. Instrumental Compositions".

Works

Amatuni authored over 50 scientific articles. She participated in numerous scientific conferences in different cities of the USSR: Moscow, Leningrad, Tbilisi, Yerevan. She is the author of various works such as Arno Babajanian. Instrumental Works,[1] Geghuni Chitchian's Life and Works[2] (Yerevan, 2003), textbooks Music Literature for 6-th grade of Music School, Music Literature for 7-th grade of Music School (1st and 2nd edition), a series of brochures. Her scientific research includes analysis of melodic and stylistic peculiarities of works of Sayat-Nova, Komitas, Arno Babajanian, Anushavan Ter-Ghevondyan, Haro Stepanyan, Geghuni Chitchian and other composers.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Аматуни, Сусанна (23 January 1985). "Арно Бабаджанян: инструментальное творчество : исследование". Изд-во "Советакан грох" – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Аматуни, Сусанна Бабкеновна. - Жизнь и творчество Гегуни Читчян - Search RSL". search.rsl.ru.
  3. ↑ "ВСПОМИНАЯ СУСАННУ АМАТУНИ". www.golosarmenii.am.

Sources

  • Ով ով է. Հայեր. Կենսագրական հանրագիտարան, հատոր առաջին, Երևան, 2005.
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