Avet Terterian - Symphony #1

Avet Terterian - Symphony #1 Performed by the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Ruben Asatryan ————————————————————————— Alfred Roubenovich “Avet“ Terterian (also Terteryan) (Armenian: Ալֆրեդ “Ավետ“ Տերտերյան, July 29, 1929 – December 11, 1994) was an Armenian composer, awarded the Konrad Adenauer Prize. Terterian composed eight (completed) symphonies, several of which are recorded, an opera and several chamber works. Terterian was a friend and colleague of Giya Kancheli, Konstantin Orbelyan, and Tigran Mansurian. Dmitri Shostakovich praised Terterian as “very talented“ and “with great future“ in one of his letters, published by his friend Isaak Glikman, having heard a recording of Terterian’s works at Armenia’s “House of Composers“ summer resort in Dilijan, Armenia. He studied at the